jpdb beta

knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting

1

flat broke; stone broke; penniless

1

bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique

1

one's own child; one's own children

1

pleasure-seeking

1

guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark

1

windbreak

10

mysterious power of words to alter reality

4

shortest distance (to)

1

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

1

first prize; gold medal; blue ribbon

1

to make one feel grateful

1

vertical; perpendicular

1

to run down

1

a few years ago; some years back

2

to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal

1

cannot be helped; unavoidable

1

attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

1

great speed; recklessly fast speed

1

to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought

1

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

1

cave-in

1

partial destruction

2

shin; shank; lower leg

1

under control (e.g. of territory)

1

struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)

1

amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force

1

on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse

1

to step on; to trample down; to tread on

1

to hurry on one's way

1

full speed

1

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

1

romantic comedy; rom-com

1

interruption (e.g. of a conversation)

1

elopement; running away with a lover

1

piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild

1

unveiling a Buddhist image; public exhibition (of a Buddhist image); revealing something that is supposed to remain hidden; opening a gambling house; holding a gambling party

1

to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)

1

oil bottle (esp. for hair oil); oilcup; font (in an oil lamp)

2

gun; rifle; small arms

1

to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself

1

evil god

1

bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)

2

to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

4

sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus

1

not yet; un-

1

firelighter

1

being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)

2

heat wave

3

to pilfer; to filch; to pocket; to make off with

1