jpdb beta

question; query

7

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

5

bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

2

coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

1

to pile up; to accumulate

1

young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

1

borderline; boundary

1

to classify; to sort out; to sift through

1

to suppress one's emotions

2

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

1

maintenance; preservation; improvement

3

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

1

act of mercy; helping another person

1

cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that

1

to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

2

such ... as; or some such

5

sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning

2

to turn towards; to point

4

way; method; means; resource; course

2

to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with

1

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

2

both hands; both arms; ten

2

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

1

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

4

beheading; decapitation

2

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

3

crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over

3

gun; rifle; small arms

4

counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m

3

pistol; handgun; revolver

7

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

2

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

1

guard; girder bridge

1

to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store

2

short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)

1

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

2

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

1

youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

2

to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry

2

momentary; instantaneous

1

high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway

2

high class; high grade

1

slight movement; slight tremor; quiver

2

even

2

instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye

3

left side; left-hand side

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

2