jpdb beta

to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)

2

proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim

2

good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green

1

scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick

2

unbelievable; incredible; implausible

8

invasion

7

appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession

4

touch; contact

32

establishment; founding; organization; organisation

1

taking part (in planning); participation

1

curiosity; inquisitiveness

10

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

6

concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization

7

thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete

1

miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs; child who is made light of; child who is left out of games; immature child or person

2

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

9

by and by; before long

1

hint

5

to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple

1

presumption; assumption; estimation

4

to stir; to mix; to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up

2

stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

4

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

8

to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

5

indivisible; unconvincing; incomprehensible; unaccounted for

3

sense of responsibility

7

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

16

successively; one after another

16

pitfall; trap; pit

17

conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation

1

the entire strength; all hands; all the members

3

staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor

5

one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

6

to have; to possess

3

108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year

1

large family

2

one large ...; a great ...

6

shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

4

to vacate; to move out

3

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

9

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

3

restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

7

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

5

even though; despite; when

6

to stretch (one's body)

7

inside one's heart; in one's mind

9

to make up a haiku poem

1

hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc.

1

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

1

making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

4