jpdb beta

both extremes

1

straying; wandering off course

3

generous; unstinting

1

to put one's heart and soul (into); to completely devote oneself (to)

1

to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)

3

curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal

1

to pine for

1

offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart

4

to stagger; to stumble

4

rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework

1

locomotive; engine

1

coexistence

3

wear; abrasion

4

iron pot; kettle

1

strict; stern

1

making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence

1

barbed wire

1

to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on

1

sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness

1

enthusiast

1

water of life; life-giving water; distilled liquor (brandy, whisky, etc.); spirits; (arch.) semen

2

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

1

hot sand

1

brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular

2

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

1

heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength

1

ready-made; common-law (wife)

2

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

1

thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

1

underestimation; undervaluation

1

rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism

1

conducting oneself properly; right conduct; doing the right thing

1

breakwater; mole

3

quitting while one is ahead

2

killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous

1

ordinary person; untitled individual

1

to hang; to dangle

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

2

fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion

4

assertion; declaration; affirmation

3

Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition); three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology

1

common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins

1

silent prayer

3

to fail to die (e.g. after suicide attempt or accident); to survive; to outlive

1

leather-covered

2

witty; smart and polished

1

jokingly; in the form of a joke

1

nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than

3

destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down

1

exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)

1