jpdb beta

bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

4

Estella

3

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of; to take a tea break; to rest

1

study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

5

place name; toponym

3

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

1

before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)

1

cough; ahem

1

difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect

2

Colins; Collins; Collyns

2

grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri

1

assistance; backing; reinforcements

2

a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved; I've got something to ask of you

1

pond

2

percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)

1

appearance (in the eyes of society); decency

3

all ages to come; all generations; eternity

1

short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain

1

to have a pulse; to be alive; to have a chance; to be not altogether hopeless

1

in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

3

to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

1

different thing; another question; different case

1

bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife

2

with a half-opened eye

1

splendidly; brilliantly

3

attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound

1

blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank

1

unrequited love; one-sided love

3

heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

1

to work too well (of a punishment, reprimand, etc.); to be too much (for someone); to have a stronger effect than intended

1

matter; thing; affair; circumstance

2

severe (illness, disability, etc.); serious

1

branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways

1

to become (a state, condition, etc.)

1

where to?; whither?

1

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

1

hasty; rash; impatient; restless; quick (to draw conclusions, make decisions, etc.)

1

rivalry in love; rivalry for the heart of a woman; quarrel over something trivial; storm in a teacup; quarrel between two samurai due to an (accidental) clash of sheaths while crossing paths

2

genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree

2

notice; attention; observation

3

street; quarter; district; area

2

not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is

1

inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration

2

surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)

2

to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion

2

humble position

1

the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

3

unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison

1

important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)

1

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

1