jpdb beta

search; quest; pursuit

1

prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant

2

talkative person; gossip

2

on hand; readily available

5

to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent

3

finger marks; dirt from the hands

1

to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined

13

world order

3

arriving first

1

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

5

to get along; to hit it off; to be on the same page; to work well together; to synchronize

1

license; permit; licence; certificate

2

to cry and shout; to scream

13

to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far

6

comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier

5

to weigh on a scale; to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons

6

stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn

4

to clap

6

camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment

61

the three realms of existence; the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; past, present and future existences; far-off ...; distant ...

4

second half

5

to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with

13

true ancestor; var. of vampire (in fiction)

8

trial and error

3

classical form of martial art

9

emptiness; vacuum; blank

78

(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song

23

concentration; thickness; density; cardinality

3

to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself

31

not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer

1

to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal

2

power struggle

5

in person; personally; directly

7

not worth considering; out of the question

3

to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine

3

bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat

20

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

4

ordinary person; average person; mediocre person

4

atheism

4

obvious; undeniable

2

freshly severed head

29

to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears

1

to grow old; to age

3

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

68

anguish; trouble; agony

17

relative weight; lightness and heaviness; relative importance; gravity

1

to jest; to clown (around)

3

solid; strong; firm

4

to be possible; to be likely; to be probable

9

to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different

1