jpdb beta

to collapse into; to flop onto

3

series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)

1

string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

2

yoke; constraints; oppression

1

helical; spiral-shaped

1

crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult

1

violent explosion; bursting

3

Halt; Hardt; Hart; Harth

1

Western-inspired art (Edo period); oil painting

1

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

1

lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt

1

to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb

1

thereunder; whereunder

1

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

2

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

1

to help up

1

both eyes

2

uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

2

thud

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

1

veil

1

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

2

fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless

2

just now; a little while back; a short time ago

1

short distance

2

weak point; unskillfulness

1

knight on a white horse; Prince Charming

1

vulgar; mean; base; coarse; crude

2

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

2

facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue

2

to side with the winner; to ride (someone's) coattails; to get on the bandwagon

1

great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty

1

spread-out sail; full sail; (sailing) downwind

1

exaggerated; overblown; pretentious

1

to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

vagrant; vagabond; tramp

1

to say; to be pleased to say

1

judgement; judgment; carrying out a sentence (e.g. execution)

1

horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise

1

shabby; seedy

1

persuasion

2

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

1

to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

reinforcement

1

scale; scope; plan; structure

1

one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work

1

with a vroom; with a sudden shaking

2