jpdb beta

coal tar

3

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

5

fourfold

1

you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice

1

to move; to put elsewhere; to tidy; to put in order

1

special forces

1

odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

2

to go out of turn; to send

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

4

to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with

1

without any weak spot; watertight (e.g. reasoning); impeccable

1

portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)

1

to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry

1

such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?

1

sceptre; scepter

1

to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with

1

to hesitate; to waver

1

seeing one off; farewell; escort

2

barrier; checkpoint; checking station

1

patrolling (esp. using ships or aircraft)

1

main body (of an army); main force; these troops

1

chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

1

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

1

anchor

2

klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly

1

to hit and break open; to crush; to smash

1

to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)

1

lump of iron; iron ingot

1

jumping power

1

to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

1

crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift

1

decoration; ornament; trimmings

1

hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)

1

hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)

1

to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)

1

manufacturer; producer

1

herculean strength; mountain carrier-guide

1

what floor?

2

never; not at all

1

eighty; 80

1

each stratum; each class

1

corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

1

let a hundred schools of thought contend

1

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

1

replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling

1

commodity; property

1

things at hand; personal belongings

1

to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)

1

darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

3

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

1