jpdb beta

overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty

3

Marlu

1

playmate; playfellow

4

to storm in with a yell

7

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

2

impassioned speech; fervent speech

8

evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge

4

uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise

1

using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on

4

polish; refinement

5

art of cooking; cookery; cuisine

6

to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)

1

chamfering; beveling; bevelling; rounding the edges (of a vegetable); trimming the corners

1

rotary cutting; thinly slicing into a long strip (e.g. daikon, carrot, wood for plywood, etc.)

1

(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane

5

pull; patronage; tug; discount

3

disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure

3

reason; cause

1

right of veto

3

to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing)

1

senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member

24

lack of self-reliance; depending on others

2

to follow another's example

6

another shop, store, or firm

2

fraternal twins

1

body build; figure

2

deus ex machina

3

railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

2

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

17

drama; theatre; theater; play

3

to suspend from; to be suspended (from)

2

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

11

minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate

1

necessity; inevitability

1

consequence; causal relationship; nexus

1

character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

2

foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures

3

improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy

1

poor piece of work; rubbish; trash

1

to rage; to be fierce; to be excited

3

to lock

3

image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)

35

to be similar to

3

technique; method

6

"it was all a dream"-ending

1

fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility

4

mockery; derision; ridicule

1

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

1

child

2

son

9