jpdb beta

(courteous) invitation; call

3

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

2

leadership; initiative; spearhead

3

true; real; genuine; proper; utter

1

the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it

1

best; ideal; perfect

2

geometric (progression, etc.)

1

to think (something) strange

1

high efficiency; high performance

1

hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle; (lit.) thick wall

1

ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

1

to lean against; to set against

1

to get poised again for charging; to toe the mark again; to start from scratch; to get a fresh start (on)

1

to hang; to hang up

2

to make eye contact

6

to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open

2

scruff of the neck

1

to writhe (in pain)

2

lack of individuality or personality

1

black hood

1

disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot

2

giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names

1

posture; attitude

1

just because; even if; even though

2

(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling

3

later (on); afterwards

1

the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

1

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman

1

without trouble; easily; readily

3

crawling on all fours; being on all fours; being on one's hands and knees

1

iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast

3

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (of a voice or sound)

1

frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair

1

to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with

3

proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close

1

tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)

2

Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)

1

red-horned demon; red ogre

4

(arch.) ice; hail

2

(horned) blue demon; blue ogre

6

horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)

3

(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

3

to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place

2

to sew together

6

Fire Service Act

1

fire extinguisher

1

to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard

2

tabi; traditional split-toe socks

2

to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

2

insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising

1