jpdb beta

to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

1

with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)

4

false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard

1

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

1

strange; odd; unusual; eccentric; peculiar

1

model; dummy; maquette

3

the same as this

5

imitation; counterfeit; fake; replica

3

how long; how far; how much

1

cunning and experienced in the ways of the world; crafty and worldly-wise; sly old (fox)

1

ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)

1

to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one

5

sacrifice sale; selling for a song; dumping

1

restless; fidgety; fussy

1

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

4

to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)

4

to nest

1

to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

5

Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis

3

to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over

2

large-scale operators; big traders

2

forearm

2

perhaps; maybe; possibly

13

just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

5

cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable

1

bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

2

colic

1

(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant

2

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

11

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

2

interest; eagerness; enthusiasm

2

to pull in; to take for oneself; to tuck up (one's sleeves)

3

water used for firefighting; water used to put out fires; channel supplying firefighting water; drinking-water source (of a castle or fort); enclosure securing a castle's water supply

2

promissory note; written acknowledgment of debt; IOU

2

to buy up

2

(compulsory) execution; seizure

2

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

3

requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)

3

to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

2

dirt cheap; very cheap

1

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

1

that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!

3

news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements

6

dead men tell no tales; the dead cannot speak in their own defense

1

keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently

4

strange; unexpected; (by) chance; unusual; curious

2

sandbank (in a river); sandbar

7

with hands in pockets; idleness

2

difference; variation; difference

11

at this rate

1