jpdb beta

disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

2

seismic intensity

2

how many; how old

1

to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

2

endless; boundless; everlasting

1

suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action

2

to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)

2

(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

1

destruction; collapse; crumbling

2

fire; conflagration

1

to prostrate oneself before

1

to get tired of waiting

3

national highway

1

ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase

2

one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view

1

both sides

2

nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)

3

How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

1

eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

2

for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

1

evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge

1

in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

4

to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally

1

offender; criminal; culprit

1

long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range

35

source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

9

core (of planets, stars, galaxies, etc.); nucleus (of comets, galaxies, etc.)

1

terminus; last stop (e.g. train)

1

circulation; rotation; cycle; loop

1

to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.

10

one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

3

greenhouse; icehouse; cellar

1

the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

2

hungry; starving

1

to trample; to crush underfoot

3

such a thing; something like that

1

yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so

1

race (of people); type of person

3

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

3

utility value

1

whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

2

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

1

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

6

(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact

1

to complete decisively; to do to completion

1

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

1

chick; baby bird

2

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

1

watchful waiting; careful supervision

1