jpdb beta

essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith

1

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

1

grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)

2

to sob; to be choked with tears

1

honour; honor

1

blue sky; azure sky; spring sky

1

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

2

exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable

1

somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke

1

to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound

2

scary

1

singing enthusiastically

1

highly unpredictable; touch and go

1

ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law

1

years; time

2

end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

2

dinosaur

1

contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness

17

union; joining; conjugation

1

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

1

revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing

2

ability to think

1

to squash; to crush; to flatten

1

skin; outer skin; integument; husk; hull; shell

1

to pieces; into shreds

1

to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy

1

accuracy

1

(in) her way; peculiar to her

6

guillotine

1

large animal

6

to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

1

in two equal parts

3

curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal

1

malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)

1

to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

1

finishing writing, work, etc. at a stroke (stretch); knocking something off without a break

2

to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing

1

severe wound; serious wound; gash

3

snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...

1

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

1

famous scene (in a movie or play)

1

round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)

1

with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

5

nevertheless; even then; however; be that as it may; even so; though that it be so

1

two great men (rivals)

1

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

4

omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor

1

to swallow; to gulp down

1

to be or remain always on hand

1

never; not at all

1