jpdb beta

front row

1

minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse)

1

quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off

3

esoteric doctrines; mysteries

1

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

1

imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)

1

to be muddy; to be slushy

1

violent explosion; bursting

1

expectation; assume will happen; forecast

1

truth; real situation

1

coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

1

to grip; to grasp; to squeeze

1

to fall into ruin; to be desolated

2

to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)

1

symptoms; condition (of a patient)

3

remembrance; recollection; recognition

1

stigmata

1

spurt of blood (from one's victim)

1

to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently

1

only once

1

to learn a lesson (usu. from an unpleasant experience); to be good for someone

1

to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with

1

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

2

lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)

1

copybook; model; pattern

1

political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état

1

to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

1

kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove

1

right side; right-hand side

2

left side; left-hand side

1

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

1

without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly

2

envy; jealousy

1

shy; a very shy person

1

(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

1

beatitude; supreme bliss

1

three days and three nights

1

main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith

2

to let out a roar (hum, groan, moan); to produce a loud noise

2

durability

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to find somebody's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole

2

(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

8

utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all

1

guide

1

to be hungry

1

command; order

1

(mouth) gag

1

soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly

1

sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death

1

rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence

1