jpdb beta

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

1

hiding one's embarrassment

1

to have a drink; to have a few drinks

1

just because; even if; even though

1

to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy

1

uniform

5

lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)

1

be; is

1

to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

2

be; is

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite

1

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

1

hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)

1

house; building

1

fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention

1

profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

1

to be forward; to be impertinent

1

indirect

1

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

1

capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive

1

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

2

illumination; lighting

1

double-edged; double-edged blade

1

oppression; suppression; pressure

4

punishment; penalty

1

surrender

1

unarmed; without weapons

1

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

1

pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin

1

law enforcement

1

affectation; pretension

1

and then; and so; and; so then

1

focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

1

to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far

1

all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults

1

don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me

1

jail sentence; imprisonment

1

best in the world

2

heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

1

forward somersault; forward roll

1

to boost; to force up; to push up

1

twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)

1

acrobatics

1

wife

1

hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner

1

melee

1

exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin

1

cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach

1

severely wounded person

1