jpdb beta

mishearing

1

(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor

1

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

2

to suspect; to sense

1

to smoke (e.g. a pipe); to puff (a cigarette); to burn (incense)

1

to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions

1

unable to resist; unable to suppress

1

to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along

3

strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing

1

filthy; dirty (looking); drab

1

brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey; dark gray; deceitful employee; unfaithful servant

1

to tramp; to hike

2

father

1

to part (from); to part company (with); to split (with); to break off relations (with)

2

monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance

2

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

2

vacant house; unoccupied house

1

to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist

1

stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance

7

above the ceiling

1

passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed

1

eldest daughter; first-born daughter

2

firelight; shadows or forms moving in firelight

1

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

2

basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

5

to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted

1

intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem

1

indescribable; having no way to express

1

to be splendid; to be superb

1

to kill (with a weapon); to slay; to defeat (an opponent); to beat

4

with no regard to appearances; without caring about how one looks

1

losing move (go, shogi); move that costs one the game

2

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

5

acting; performance

1

to be true to nature; to be lifelike

1

to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money

2

under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown

1

support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation

1

to rescue; to free

4

bad news; news of a death; death notice

1

to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)

1

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

2

bluff

2

to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

1

threat; menace; coercion; blackmail

2

effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy

1

delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

2

nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

1