jpdb beta

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

2

to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

2

to gulp down (a drink); to slurp

1

throat

1

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

2

bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

3

to look away; to turn away

1

haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

1

to make sense; to be meaningful

2

last resort

1

persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story

1

faking crying; crocodile tears

1

yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

1

winter

4

Yuri

1

to be able to manage somehow or another

1

to burst into tears; to sob; to weep

1

till just now

1

to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with

3

one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends

1

to cry one's eyes out; to weep oneself blind

1

easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose

1

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

2

large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)

1

to shed tears

2

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

2

kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous

1

shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

1

to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)

1

display; array (of things); succession (of things)

1

to admit fault; to admit one is wrong

1

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

2

to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame

1

actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)

1

reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

1

behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast

1

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

1

to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

1

Japanese marten (Martes melampus); marten (any arboreal weasel-like mammal of genus Martes)

1

sky

1

to point at

1

face value; par

1

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

4

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

1

to exchange words

1

fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

1

to check (in chess); to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody)

2

dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops

1

hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc.

1

farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments

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