jpdb beta

sense of sight; vision

1

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

3

harpy

1

material; ingredient

2

dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)

1

different school (e.g. of ikebana)

1

to hold in one's mouth

1

sleeping powder; sleeping drug; narcotic; anaesthetic; anesthetic

3

ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand

8

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

2

at work; in the midst of work; working

1

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

1

reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

1

a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible

6

expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.); loud; high-pitched

2

to incur someone's enmity

1

being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment

2

vengeance; revenge; retaliation

7

absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical

1

weeding; weeder; weeding fork

1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

2

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

1

to save money

2

to become desperate; to give in to despair

2

lucky; fortunate

1

to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

1

laceration

1

to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

2

best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent

1

beyond one's means or position

1

(one) line; (one) row

1

to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

1

friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife

1

one's field of expertise; one's strong area

2

openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

1

self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style

5

for one thing ...

2

divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off

1

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

2

muscular pain; myalgia

59

personal history; career

2

lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity

2

danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety

1

to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

2

private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)

1

sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta

3

panic

2

on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

3

mountain climbing; mountaineering

2