jpdb beta

to hit the mark

1

gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

4

puppet; marionette

3

freshwater goby (any fish of genus Rhinogobius); dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); Gymnogobius urotaenia (species of goby); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)

7

loyalty; devotion

1

thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.

2

to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)

4

black clothes

1

musketeer

4

emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)

6

ghost; spirit; apparition; spiritual body; causal body

1

hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

6

to communicate with each other; to understand each other; to be mutually understood; to be connected

1

to be pleased with; to suit

1

laws of nature; physical laws; physics

8

to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close

1

to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

3

more than ... years; -odd years

1

this life; this world

1

play-biting (e.g. by pets); mouthing; nipping

1

exotic

1

convalescence; recovering from an illness; recuperating

1

to become hoarse

1

food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

1

to steal (from a person)

2

gunshot wound

1

betrayal; defection; treachery; apostasy

1

to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

2

benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted

2

sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence

3

revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)

17

personification; impersonation; embodiment

2

(ancient) Japan; Yamato kingdom; state of Yamato; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)

1

tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)

1

to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath

2

dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties

1

rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out

2

to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer

1

chain; series; connection; linkage

2

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

1

to be contented; to be at ease

1

reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt

5

slaughter; massacre

4

perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime

1

parents and siblings; one's relatives

1

to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul

1

un-; non-

2

leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me

1

bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed

1

posterity; future generations; future life

2