jpdb beta

to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on

2

distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment

1

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

3

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

4

isolation; being alone; being friendless

1

holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

1

carrier; conveyor

1

unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless

1

cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking

1

little by little; bit by bit; sparingly

2

exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

2

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

2

stillness of night

2

to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

1

brake

1

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

41

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

3

main street

1

(passenger) car; automobile

1

rear wheel; cantle

1

to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

4

forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

3

collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing

1

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

6

glass; pane

7

to be smashed up

2

to gush forth

1

family; members of a family

5

seat belt; seatbelt

2

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

2

perfect; complete

4

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

2

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

1

door (Western-style, car, etc.)

4

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

1

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

4

ground; earth's surface

7

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

3

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

5

shriek; scream

12

quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

9

to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

10

jerky

1

next morning

2

equipment

1

weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

6

right beside; close to; nearby

3

square; rectangular

2

featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth

1