jpdb beta

dangerous position; peril

1

destiny; will of Heaven; luck

1

both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence

1

optimism; taking an optimistic view

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

7

going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings

3

reconnaissance plane; spy plane

2

presence

1

leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)

1

photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording

1

Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

28

beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank

1

home port

1

Sasebo

1

moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise

3

to trample down; to devastate

4

to pay attention (to)

5

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

3

ready (to do); willing

1

audience; spectator; spectators

5

Balcony of Appearances; balcony where the imperial family appears before the public; (sports) interview platform; winner's platform; dancing platform (in a disco)

1

folk dance

1

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

3

advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

4

one's store of patience

2

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

2

to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound

1

to be heart-warming

1

paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins

2

play; drama

1

cheap

1

script; screenplay; scenario

1

consternation; falling into a panic; fluster; confusion; dismay; discomfiture

2

large-scale

3

motive; incentive; motif

12

to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

3

country name

3

strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot

1

evil design; crafty plan; plot

1

artifice; intrigue

1

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

1

random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned

1

uncertain; indefinite

1

to manage something successfully; to be successful

1

consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study

2

to blow out (a flame)

1

shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)

1

reconsideration

4

to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly

4

citizens of one's own country; fellow countrymen; compatriots

3