jpdb beta

up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right

2

tentacle; feeler

1

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

1

duel; shoot-out

1

to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability

1

gun; pistol; ohajiki; traditional children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces of coloured glass or plastic; repellence

1

subject; national; citizen

1

rubbish; trash; garbage; worthless thing

1

former occupant

1

to plunder; to grab; to snatch

2

obsession with cleanliness; fastidiousness

1

large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish; useless man about the house; husband who is retired and considered a nuisance

1

hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord

2

to change (buses, boats, etc.); to transfer (to); to possess (of a god, spirit, etc.)

1

windowpane; window glass

3

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

1

outdoors; outside

1

parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade

1

mailbox (for delivered mail); letter box; mailbox (for outgoing mail); postbox

1

seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection

1

(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup; hane (move)

1

very; much

2

to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)

1

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

2

to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

2

in orbit

1

in very small pieces

1

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

1

piece of metal

1

exchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.); give-and-take; reply; answer; response

1

even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner

1

visual confirmation; sighting

1

national treasury

1

sequence; progression; several lines; several rows

1

tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest

1

lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)

1

scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

3

summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation

1

huh?; what's up?

1

scarlet; crimson; cardinal red

1

napalm

1

very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread

1

raging flames; roaring flames; raging fire

1

killing and wounding; bloodshed

1

top part; surface

2

half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns; middle guard position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

1

pointing down; pointing downward; (market) decline; downturn; downward trend

1

peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)

1

cavity; hollow; cave; hollow

3

large temple edifice; large temple

1