jpdb beta

nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms

1

series of battles; successive battles

1

rest period; intermission; break time; recess

3

to perceive; to understand

1

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

2

renewal; replacement; regeneration; metabolism

2

modern society

1

fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs

1

to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on; to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope

1

pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus

2

acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for

3

to send in

12

to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on

1

in those days

1

mica

16

(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

6

to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

1

to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

4

journey; route of a journey

5

jealousy; roasted rice cake

2

moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

5

to break into (a house to kill the master); to raid

2

another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)

1

promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution

1

inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration

1

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

3

whereabouts

2

pace; step

1

premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder

1

to look sour (disgusted)

1

cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition

4

benefactor; patron

5

to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)

2

straw

1

gluttonous; greedy

1

source of supply

1

to set on fire; to ignite

1

one's troops

2

road to Hades

1

political maneuvering; politicking; political machinations

1

one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit

1

absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer

1

to look down on; to condescend

2

big job; great task

1

archery range; archery ground; shooting range; firing range; position where an archer is standing; launch site (e.g. for rockets, missiles, etc.)

1

on the occasion of; at the time of

2

excavation; digging

1

this kind of

1

practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space

1

night vision device

4