jpdb beta

scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market

2

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

2

wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice

1

to be in focus; to come into focus

1

conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion

2

to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

1

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

1

incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

3

to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)

2

to get a late start

2

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

1

strong person; the strong; the powerful

1

age; era; period; date

1

grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

2

preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

6

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

3

as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...

1

to be popular

1

looks

2

popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

1

to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)

1

jealousy; envy

1

jealousy; envy

1

small animal

1

to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

2

to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited

2

one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed

1

handsome man

1

famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

2

four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips

3

to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)

2

to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting

1

it's no joke; gimme a break!

1

flames of jealousy

1

feeling of envy; jealous feeling

1

counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face

1

mixed colour (color); compound colour (color)

1

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

1

system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

1

encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending

1

at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

2

to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)

3

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

1

natural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic

1

double-edged (e.g. sword blade); double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife); double-edged blade

1

the very thing; itself

5

to dance

1

to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind

1