jpdb beta

to step firmly; to harden by treading

1

unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

1

food; foodstuff; prey; victim

1

to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

2

everyone; one and all

1

had better ...; had better not ...

6

silhouette; dark shadow

1

living thing; living creature; animal; life

3

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

2

to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn

1

enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

14

friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation

2

unbearable; intolerable; unendurable

1

sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness

3

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

1

feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy

1

curse; malediction; hex

4

junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

4

shock; impact; crash

5

to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter

1

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

1

grey; gray; ashen

5

fair-skinned; light-complexioned

1

tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly

1

body; physique; build; stature

1

food

8

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

4

ash; ashes

4

colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel

3

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

6

uh-huh; sniff-sniff

1

guidance

1

viscously; stickily

2

eardrum; tympanic membrane

1

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

2

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

1

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

1

personification; impersonation; embodiment

1

older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

2

tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement

2

to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

1

to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

1

corpse; dead person

1

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

13

instinctive; instinctual

2

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

5

alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call

2

li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

1