jpdb beta

surface tension

1

lifeboat; rescue ship

1

megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer

3

working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver

1

counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years

1

smoke bomb; smoke candle

1

chaff

1

zig-zag; zigzag

2

supersonic speed

1

granulated sugar; brown sugar

1

job application form; employee satisfaction

1

coil

1

permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)

1

to form a group; to form a bunch

1

foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead

1

shortcut; taking a shortcut; (keyboard) shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women

2

from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

1

gunpowder smoke

1

front company (for an organized crime operation)

1

theft; robbery

2

report; notification; registration

1

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

1

degree; extent

1

to know thoroughly

1

stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly

2

acute ear; good ear

1

interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties

1

arrest; apprehension; capture

3

end; close

2

authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition

1

public; official

2

to make a living

1

act of violence; violent behavior

1

to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

3

to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

1

better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; (lit.) better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow

1

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

2

to fight each other

1

(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly

2

(constructed) shogi problem; shogi puzzle

1

inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

2

pity; compassion

3

seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account

2

bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat

1

tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain

1

desperation; self-abandonment

1

gap

1

daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese

1

bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them

1