jpdb beta

to be helpful; to be useful

1

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops

2

cough; ahem

2

imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

1

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

1

close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth

1

yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

9

whirling; going round and round; rushing a person off his feet; panicking; rushing around in a fluster; working in a panic

1

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

3

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

5

to kick down; to oust (a rival) to advance oneself; to push (someone) aside to get ahead

1

exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe

2

complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster

1

record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)

1

scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

1

ten years; decade

1

penalty; sentence; punishment

1

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

1

suspension of indictment; leaving charge on the file

2

extremely; very

1

waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room

1

bench

1

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

2

evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)

1

common gull (Larus canus); gull (Laridae spp.); seagull

1

third

1

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

2

honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)

1

celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; blessing (from God)

1

coarse; crude; inferior

2

nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable

2

cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka

5

exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal

1

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

3

lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)

1

small sum (of money); small amount; small denomination (banknote, coin, etc.)

1

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

2

to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan

3

form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode

1

to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block

1

insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile

1

to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy

1

change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

1

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

2

Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

3

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

3

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

1

danger; peril; hazard; risk

1

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

1