jpdb beta

to slip through; to slip past; to evade

2

disguise; masquerade

2

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

3

to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered

3

either way; in any case; one way or another

1

thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)

2

tempered blade

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

2

to hear a rumor; to get wind of

1

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

1

to; towards; for

4

north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

7

tissue; facial tissue

1

whirling tides

2

one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer

1

saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

1

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

1

calm and peaceful period of time

4

disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty

1

to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

1

one's subordinate

1

closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

3

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

1

athlete's foot; water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti); Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)

1

such ... as; or some such

2

lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)

1

goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae); monkfish; (arch.) fool; curved gutter

1

whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

4

broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens

2

to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush

1

suspect (person)

1

to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off

1

gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack); Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)

1

operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

1

to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth

1

Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica)

1

to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)

1

to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient

1

escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis

2

measles

1

dosukoi! (sumo chant)

1

hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

4

rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce

1

bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)

11

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

3

basis; foundation; grounds; authority

1

New Year

1

established practice; custom

1

planning; project; plan; design

2

New Year's Eve; December 31

1