jpdb beta

last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

2

hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching

4

I; me

3

ideal; ideals

3

to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job

2

chicken, goose and pheasant; (arch.) cuckoo, Japanese bush warbler and wagtail

1

unable to find the words to thank someone; unable to thank someone enough

1

gasp

3

to behead; to decapitate

3

ant

3

to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

1

to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)

1

to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)

2

being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)

2

pious; devout

5

completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow

5

cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach

4

section; cross section; profile

2

to become dim; to become blurred

4

to renew old friendship

1

present; gift

2

loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter

8

chatter; prattle; lapping (up); slurping; sound of juicy food being bitten into

1

simmering; (boiling) gently

2

to boil; to simmer

2

pseudopodium (temporary protrusion of an ameboid cell); pseudopod

3

jello; jelly; gelatin dessert; gel; jelly

3

sediment; deposit

2

of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

1

to engrave; to carve out

1

to be shaved or planed

1

to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

2

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into

6

soft; flabby; spongy; mushy; soggy

4

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

3

to thrust away; to send flying

2

to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double

3

bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming

1

at first; initially; in the beginning

3

before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

3

eyesight; vision; visual acuity

2

acquisition; possession

1

flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)

5

liquid; fluid

1

to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy

3

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

1

feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)

1

boiler

2

stray sheep; lost lamb; (fig.) person at a loss for what to do

1

to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)

1