jpdb beta

ready-made; common-law (wife)

2

bang; whump; boom

5

graphite

1

to mix in (e.g. an ingredient)

3

selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage

5

secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)

1

something; some kind of; for some reason

5

explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology

3

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

1

quits; even; square

1

touché; you've got me there

1

loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

2

reproachful; resentful; spiteful

1

to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple

9

to do over; to remake; to resume

1

dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing

7

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

6

one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping

2

while; on the same occasion; at the same time; along with

1

used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)

2

cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant

2

secondhand article; secondhand goods; used item

1

every quarter; all sides

1

half-closed eyes

7

success rate

3

roadside; wayside

3

to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous

1

degree; extent

1

frown; scowl; grimace

1

protest; objection

2

to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to buy (someone a meal, drink, etc.); to be extravagant; to live in luxury

1

damn; drats; crap

2

(a) look; gaze

2

business; trade; operations; sales

1

private; personal

2

to be able to conceal

6

on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually

1

to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur

1

to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree

3

to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop

1

waste of time

4

certain reasons; certain circumstances; professional constraints; (lit.) adult matters

1

not understanding; not knowing

1

to knock down; to knock off

8

to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at

2

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

10

one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior

2

water fountain

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

11

real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope

2