jpdb beta

perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy

5

to beat into shape

1

where; whereabouts

4

mangy cur; low animal; beast

4

vulgar; lowbrow; coarse

1

to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off

6

glutton; gourmand

1

shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship

2

upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth

6

crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

8

to incur someone's enmity

3

to chase around

1

still more; even more; much more; increased; greater

3

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

6

to beat time; to mark time

3

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

3

bad girl; juvenile delinquent

1

attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack

3

insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind

2

brute; savage; fiend

2

seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

18

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

7

eyelid

10

tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing

2

tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing

4

receiver; recipient

3

(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement

3

to think constantly about; to dwell on

3

to be softened; to calm down

2

religion; cult

41

rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)

2

walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)

1

buckwheat chaff

1

sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep

1

scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

5

emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs

4

scribbling; doodling; graffiti

1

and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident

1

to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)

5

foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting

3

attempted assassination

2

to gaze long at

8

to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out

14

to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)

1

with one's own hands

2

oneself; one's body

2

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

32

to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate

2

deep impression

6

to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped

5