jpdb beta

mead; honey wine; ambrosia; nectar of the gods

5

trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about

7

from the beginning; from scratch

3

character string

6

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

5

to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves

1

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

7

selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases

7

eldest brother

9

benefactor; patron

5

to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

6

a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"

3

fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)

7

burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)

2

thick slice

1

herb; fragrant grass

1

sauce; Worcestershire sauce

1

sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)

1

baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan

1

difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them

1

oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition

1

progress; being under way

4

aggregate amount

1

winner-takes-all (system)

1

500; five hundred; many

1

proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close

13

one scene (in play)

3

great achievement

2

above; more than

3

very bottom; rock bottom

5

principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general

1

omniscience

6

to explain; to dispel doubts

1

world; society; people; the public

4

settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards

7

to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something

2

as usual; as normal

1

quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

2

floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star

2

to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge

2

inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing

2

to be struck by lightning; to be yelled at (by someone of higher status); to be scolded harshly

5

conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative

10

fine; penalty

4

property; fortune; means; assets

9

to not amount to much

1

advocacy of war

13

large bag; (arch.) thief

4

your countenance (his ..., her ..., etc.)

2

to say no more; to sink into silence

11