jpdb beta

to prohibit

20

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

2

open secret

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

3

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

1

nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion

5

limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

1

bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile

1

decision; agreement

1

to close (one's eyes); to shut

2

tough measure; firm step; strong measure

2

close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

2

to grumble; to complain

1

earlobe

4

to rely on

3

to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with

1

smirkingly; smugly; broadly

7

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

2

personal affair; one's own affair

1

one machine; one vehicle

2

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

54

extent; scope; sphere; range; span

17

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

59

control; check; restraint; inhibition

12

to have the nerve to

10

pistol; handgun; revolver

15

protest; objection

7

cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

1

(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

9

to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs

1

to slip through; to slip past; to evade

4

palm heel; heel of the palm

3

the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

3

deed; act

2

some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

1

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

2

face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks

4

skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

10

to scurry home; to run home; to fly back

2

to become desperate; to give in to despair

8

to pick a fight

2

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

1

half the body; half length

5

to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone

3

beyond this point; from now on; after this

4

human; human-like; as a person

2

to clap

7

this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

13

percussion hammer; firing hammer; cocking piece

7

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

6