jpdb beta

difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect

3

to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all

5

drama; play; powerful drug

5

vague recollection; faint memory

1

earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale

2

somewhat far; fairly distant

3

palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)

1

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right

2

trace; vestige; evidence

1

connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

2

crazy; mad; devoid of reason

1

home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)

1

common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition

2

mermaid; merman

1

privilege; special right

1

brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)

1

shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird

1

to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves

1

selling out; being sold out

1

person who is ignorant of the real world; (lit.) frog in a well

1

grain of rice

1

economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy

1

making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared; rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

3

simple type of clothing consisting of a large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head

2

awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

1

Aladdin

1

recorder (musical instrument); English flute

1

enquiry; inquiry; consultation

1

strong point

1

to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one

1

structure; building

1

relief (e.g. bas relief)

5

ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness

1

cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold

1

sponging (e.g. off one's parents); sponger

1

intelligence or information network

5

to be deep in talk

1

to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

6

to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)

1

abusive language

4

thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end

4

to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)

6

to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult

2

resolved; settled

1

for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

2

to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do

1

nutjob; mental job; lunatic; mentally troubled person

1

to solicit; to demand; to extort

5

accounting; administration (of money)

1

lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)

5