jpdb beta

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

3

to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about

1

illicitly brewed liquor; moonshine

1

bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

1

to lie down; to throw oneself down

1

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

1

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

3

poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite

1

moron; idiot; stupid person

1

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

1

remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude

1

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

2

to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard

1

to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential

4

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

2

staying overnight without meals

1

cheap lodging house

1

investigator (usu. of criminal cases)

1

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

2

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

1

spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop

3

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

1

glaring at; lording over

1

no!; no no!; no, not at all

2

sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration

2

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

1

head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)

2

to devour; to bite to death

1

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

1

neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity

2

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

3

very; extremely; that is

2

Santa Claus

1

reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

1

to run around

1

backs; bucks

1

completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow

1

eyewitness testimony

1

piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

1

long-term view

1

branch office; agency; sub-branch

1

all one has; all one's possessions

1

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

10

this and that; one thing or another

1

roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home

1

nursing; looking after

3

Jack the Ripper

4

a little bit; a little while

1

relatively; comparatively

1