jpdb beta

way; method; means; resource; course

4

won't do (for me)

1

icicle; (arch.) ice

1

boyish; tomboyish

1

cloakroom; parcel room

2

feeling heavy in the head; heavy-headed; sick with worry

2

Kura River

4

support (e.g. of one's dependents); maintenance

1

grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment

6

to collide; to clash

1

resurfacing

1

deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

1

right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages

1

riding time; time spent aboard a bus, train etc.

1

one's dominant hand; person of ability; skilled person; master-hand

1

one's share; one's portion

1

confused fight; free-for-all; melee; dogfight; scuffle; rough-and-tumble

3

to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down

1

cylindrical; having no waist; undefined (waist); cylinder vase; stockpot

1

to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

1

behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct

1

safari

1

cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant

1

bringing; taking; carrying

2

demesne; estate; private land; private property

3

drama queen; (lit.) tragic heroine

1

never (before)

1

vampire; bloodsucker

1

rare species

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice

2

rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together

1

farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

1

to embrace each other

3

something wrapped in a furoshiki

2

one bow; one salute; one greeting

3

simplification

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning

2

short story

1

significant; suggestive; insinuating; words or behaviour that hints at a deeper meaning

2

thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest

5

front row

2

liking for; taste for; fondness for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with

1

lottery; lot; raffle; draw

9

coloured paper; colored paper

1

paper balloon

21

defence forces; defence corps

1

cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)

3

each; (arch.) you (plural)

2