jpdb beta

to slip through; to make one's way through quickly

2

to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

1

(a) row; line

2

highest grade; superlative degree

1

to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

1

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

1

grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment

3

groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)

1

hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho

1

purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

2

systematic; regular; routine

1

skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)

1

coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane

1

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

1

to bear; to shoulder

2

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

5

ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle

5

to abandon; to give up on; to desert

1

does not

2

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

2

life and death; life or death

2

looking or acting as if one owned the place

1

to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death

12

to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect

3

mantle; cloak; manteau

14

to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

1

awareness; realization

2

Mayumi

1

speaking of ...; as for ...

1

both armies; both teams; both sides

3

hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

2

future; distant future

2

to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about

1

frame; framework; outline

1

(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress

4

needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide

2

such; this sort of; like this

3

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

2

contradiction; inconsistency

3

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

1

careless; carefree

1

selfish; asking too much

3

purple; violet

1

to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate

4

heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding

4

party to a contract; subscriber; policy owner (insurance)

1

call; hail; yell

1

the same as this

2

echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions

1

solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately

2