jpdb beta

answering machine; answerphone

3

sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death

1

seismic intensity

1

sound asleep; fast asleep; untidy; slovenly

1

shock; tremor; impact; vibration

2

bedtime

1

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

1

number; series of digits

7

to lose sight of; to miss

1

to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

1

run-down house; dilapidated house; shabby old house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant

1

very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive

1

worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

1

to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin

1

to be flexible; to be accommodating

1

Japanese-style confectionary store

1

steering; piloting; flying; management (of people); handling; manipulation

3

... all over again (repeating the same failure)

1

departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving

2

film

1

drift; drifting (driving technique); controlled skid

1

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

1

enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it

1

car chase

4

just now; a moment ago; this very minute

1

to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up

1

to hatch (out)

1

a hard time; pains

2

with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal

1

whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity

3

to go fast; to drive fast; to speed

1

antique; vintage item

1

(maximum) load; load capacity; loading capacity; carrying capacity

1

to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into

1

wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)

1

earmuffs (for protection against cold); ear warmers

2

to allow light to pass through; to shine light through

1

to walk with; to make someone tag along; to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about

1

dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death

2

losing initiative; being forestalled; moving second; person with the second move; gote; move that does not require an immediate response from the opponent

1

reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth

1

large-sized car

1

to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

1

to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout

1

head-on collision

1

gatepost; pier

2

side; flank

1

model; prototype; archetype; (sewing) pattern

1

to look away; to turn away

1

just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable

2