jpdb beta

obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability

30

disposal; scrapping; replacement; putting on the shelf; shelving

2

lightly; nimbly

3

four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons

1

blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)

20

not covered (by); not subject (to)

2

strictly speaking

2

crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark

1

Dogan

4

big tiger; drinker; staggering drunkard

5

seeming very

2

reconsideration

1

competent; suitable; qualified

6

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

11

contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger

1

personal feelings; self-interest

3

frankness; impulsiveness

2

rational

2

incompatible; (going together) like oil and water

3

to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)

4

to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept

2

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

6

in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

2

insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned

2

quarrel; dispute; argument

2

to swell up

7

sapphire

12

personality; style; appearance

2

the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

2

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

159

certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt

5

female teacher

1

career woman

1

generous; broad-minded; big-hearted

3

malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp

2

villainous; warped

2

to have a perverse character; to have a twisted personality

1

to gather in a circle; to form a circle

6

to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)

1

manuscript; version; draft

1

such; like that; in that way

1

to realize; to realise

10

look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?

5

person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; (lit.) a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger

1

I'll; let's; probably

3

lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass

138

lapis lazuli

1

ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)

21

sapphire; jacinth

1

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

2