jpdb beta

to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag

1

laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky

1

wonderful; astounding; marvellous

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

1

fresh verdure; new green leaves

1

hard fighting

3

retention; maintenance; preservation

1

union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)

2

treasure hunter

3

Astaroth

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Laas

1

the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

1

(military) commander

1

special duty

3

riding together; fellow passenger; joint partnership

1

(in) his way; peculiar to him

5

disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame

1

to drive (something) into; to strike into; to throw into; to toss into; to mix; to wear (a sword)

1

historical fact

2

merchant ship

2

(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress

1

character string

2

large-scale

1

to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off

1

the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat

2

to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh

1

one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...

1

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

1

doctor's orders (to refrain from something, e.g. drinking); stoppage of a fight on doctor's orders (in boxing, etc.)

1

to keep standing

2

glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look

1

to copy (down); to transcribe

2

minute adjustment; fine-tuning

1

all over the island; throughout the island; on the island

3

right of control; supremacy; sovereignty

2

to become completely chilled

2

to stop raining or snowing

1

to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

1

ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of Obon)

2

party; set; gang; company; person

2

natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix

2

safety

2

with a creak; creakily

1

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

1

dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy

2

cloud of dust; sandstorm

1

crack; crevice; fissure

2

hermit; recluse

1

one's old bones; aged body

1

to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack

1