jpdb beta

rock; boulder; crag

1

to grasp tightly

2

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

2

fantasy; illusion; vision; dream

1

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

1

to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back

1

hammer

1

Dogon

1

strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious

1

to bend; to warp; to lose heart

1

axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem

1

forced; compulsory

1

usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while

1

going the wrong way; traveling in the opposite direction; going against the wind; running in reverse (of a motor, engine, etc.)

1

absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity

1

to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward

1

confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up

1

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

you; dear; honey

6

to put one's life on the line

1

bend; curvature; deflection

1

heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through

1

to speak frankly; to put things bluntly

1

very; extremely; that is

1

pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix

1

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

1

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

1

affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

1

to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained

1

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness

1

approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)

1

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

2

point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark

1

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

1

to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter

2

at large; fugitive

1

is that so?; I see; right; oh

1

reference; allusion

1

if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...

1

to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of

2

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

1

to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in

1

to put (up) in the wrong place; to hang in the wrong place; to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by

1

use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

1

continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption

1

to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

1

here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

1

busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety

1

whole face; all over one's face

1