jpdb beta

an eye for an eye

1

blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace

1

full responsibility

1

compensation; reparation

1

to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)

1

(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge

1

free-hand

1

great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron

1

to lose contact with (someone); to stop communication with; to go missing; to disappear

1

number of deaths

1

foster father; adoptive father

1

reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer

1

final scene; the end; finale

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

2

viewer; (television) audience

1

abdominal cavity

2

to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)

5

to waive one's right; to waive a right

1

settlement; an agreement

1

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

1

character; traits; ethos

1

fearless; daring; knowing no fear

1

one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions

2

correspondence; news; letter; tidings

1

to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

1

fair and square; open and aboveboard

1

oldest; most advanced age

1

extract (of plants, meat, etc.); essence; concentrate; concentrated stock

1

to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black

1

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

1

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

1

rocket; locket

1

to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate

1

base; ground; basis

1

to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)

1

omnipresence; ubiquity

1

reduction (in size); shrinking; minimization; trivializing (an issue); making light of; playing down

1

vitality; energy; dynamism

4

gusher; spout; outpouring; effusion; torrent

1

to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

1

shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold

1

to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly

1

lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

1

inclusion; complete coverage; comprehensiveness

1

to begin shooting; to shoot out

1

to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

1

with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)

1

out of control; uncontrollable

1

trace; vestige; evidence

1

to be conceited

1