jpdb beta

reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

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one's life

1

to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

4

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

5

obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check

4

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

3

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

6

working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)

2

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

1

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

2

importance; gravity

1

to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

2

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible

1

main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)

1

anxiety (about the future)

1

(public) duty

1

curt; blunt; brusque

3

formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious

1

shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")

4

to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away

1

to leave one's seat

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

2

to keep walking

1

showy; loud; flashy; gaudy

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reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding

1

to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

2

to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

1

fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

1

a few minutes later; after a few minutes

1

bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat

1

to lie down (in bed); to retire (to bed); to become bedridden (with an illness)

1

baton (of command); order; command; direction

1

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

1

chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

2

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

3

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

1

faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true

1

retainer; subject; vassal; servant

1

saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)

2

the moment of meeting (of two people, vehicles, etc.); the moment of running into each other; the moment of crossing paths

1

eruption; volcanic eruption

1

volcano

1

cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool

1

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

3

sympathy; compassion

3

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

1

to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue

1

both elbows

2