jpdb beta

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

1

heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed

1

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

1

murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

1

wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice

1

jinx; omen (can be a good omen)

1

to etch into one's mind; to remember well

1

to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered

1

fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness

4

perfection; flawlessness

1

live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger

1

illumination; lighting

2

to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged

2

(something) fickle; (something) very changeable

1

night vision

1

to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward

1

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

way out; means of escape

1

et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like

1

I have nothing to do with it

2

premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

1

joint; seam; joining point

1

continuation; succession; series

2

omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)

1

same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin

1

yuck; vomit; vomiting

1

texture

1

sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance

1

palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign

21

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark

1

x-mark

1

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

4

vague recollection; faint memory

1

preface; introduction; preamble

1

sacred ground

1

mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy

2

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

1

meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

1

to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)

1

fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

1

this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

1

human work; human agency; art; artificiality

1

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

3

fortune; luck

1

low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing

1

satisfactory; decent

3

to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)

1

to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)

1

burial chamber

4