jpdb beta

unexpected meeting; coincidence

1

at last your time has come; I have found you at last

1

swiftness of foot; fast runner; swift horse; fleet steed

1

to find it hard to say

3

as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be

1

before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future

1

every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop

1

dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point

1

flood of customers; roaring business

1

bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly

1

set of three; three sets; three classes

1

every person; each one; everybody

3

artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic

6

chief; main; principal; important

1

decisive battle; deciding match; play-off

1

raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute

2

had better ...; may as well ...

1

territory; domain; field; area; domain; region

3

first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start

1

puzzle; riddle

1

well; in good health; safe; free from accident

2

master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee

1

reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)

3

silver hair; gray hair; grey hair

1

ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)

1

support; stay; prop

1

wooden doll; wooden figure; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing

1

being too late; losing one's final chance

3

Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)

1

cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)

1

accomplishment; execution

1

struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)

1

to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

1

old cloth; rag

1

bad boy; naughty child; brat

1

identification papers; ID

1

pistol; handgun

2

blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace

1

to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath; to breathe fire; to spit fire

2

gun point; muzzle

1

The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision

3

because of this

1

sound of a gunshot; report of a gun

1

thousand-fold

1

being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

2

equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

1

crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration

1

increase in speed; acceleration

1

safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK

1

bullet (from a rifle)

1