jpdb beta

spinal canal

1

grip (of hand); grip strength

1

House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)

9

to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with

1

Oahu (island)

1

massing (of troops); gathering

1

anchorage; anchoring; mooring

1

Pacific fleet

1

surprise attack; ambush

1

surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play

1

atomic bomb; A-bomb

1

throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment

1

severe; hard

1

cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)

1

essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith

1

non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin

1

leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers

2

debtor

1

imperious; proud; heavy (nasal breathing)

1

to take command; to give direction

1

racehorse

1

utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears

1

major city

2

the six elements (earth, water, fire, wind, void, and consciousness)

1

change; alteration; modification

1

existing

1

brains (of an operation); advisor; brain trust; brain (organ)

1

appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)

1

lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility

1

king of the hill; king of the castle; king of the mountain

1

to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture

1

badger; raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)

2

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

1

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

1

to complain; to lodge a complaint

1

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

1

leaving early

1

sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)

1

happening; (unexpected) incident; unforeseen event; surprising occurrence

1

peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled

1

to dishevel (hair)

1

undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck

2

running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom

1

devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice

1

woman past her prime

1

payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

1

permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of

1

return to an island

1

to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation

1

compensatory holiday (for working on a day off); time in lieu

1