jpdb beta

to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten

2

bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible

1

sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

2

deep-seated grudge; hatred

1

to eke out a living; to get a bare livelihood; to live from hand to mouth

1

to use one's head

3

forte; strong point

1

malice; malicious intent; intent to kill

4

summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation

2

anything; whatever; whatever one likes

1

one by one; one each; one at a time

2

before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme

1

grimace; sullen face

1

to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind

1

cost of a meal (or meals)

1

second-hand shop; curio shop

1

fry pan; frying pan

1

opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy

1

contest held in the presence of a daimyo, shogun or the Emperor; match attended by the team's owner

1

sense of security

1

related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood

2

to be impetuous; to carried away by youthful ardor; to be overly eager for action; to act rashly out of hot-bloodedness

1

beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe

1

bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste

2

influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

8

demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move

2

flight; rout; debacle

1

breast pocket

2

to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far

1

as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible

2

cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying

2

sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep

2

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

8

to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink

1

passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order

1

swelling; boil; abscess; tumor; tumour

2

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

1

sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji

1

standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high

2

starting to walk

1

to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit

1

selling by measure; selling by weight; selling by volume

1

(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty

1

turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes

1

the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

1

in the end; on top of that

3

batik (cloth)

1

fabric; cloth; textiles; measure of kimono material

2

to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in

1

external; superficial; outward; surface

2