jpdb beta

restless; fidgety; lively; busy

4

lidded; covered; container with a lid

1

dustpan

19

passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)

1

great speed; recklessly fast speed

1

close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth

4

to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms

5

violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism

1

adhesive tape; sticky tape

2

beauty

1

burnable garbage; burnable waste

1

nonburnable garbage; nonflammables

1

to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath

1

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

1

hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark

2

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

Sun; Saint; St; San (people); son

2

in perfect form; going swimmingly

2

inhabiting; living

2

eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression

5

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

11

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

5

mushroom

2

dead leaf; dry leaves

2

separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction

1

quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)

1

smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)

1

to sweep up together; to sweep into a heap

1

oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed

2

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

2

oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha

3

stealthy footsteps

1

stealthy steps; spurt to overtake a leading horse just before the finish line

1

surely; certainly; without doubt

2

complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome

1

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

1

just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

1

jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box

1

it seems that; as if

1

going to and fro; back and forth

1

pink

4

to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along

1

sum total; total amount

2

new land; new world; new sphere of activity

1

armrest (of a chair); elbow rest

2

striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place

2

march; parade

2