jpdb beta

acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance

1

stature; height; size; physique

2

standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose

1

it's been a long time; long time no see

2

employment (long term); hire

1

deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)

2

wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration

2

pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus

1

whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo

1

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money

3

back of head

1

to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

2

bipartite; in two parts; double

1

dust; cloud of dust

1

to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage

2

to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with

2

substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)

2

companions; fellows

1

moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about

1

the four seasons

2

lead (Pb)

3

to get (e.g. the gist of something); to understand; to turn out as one thought

2

New Year's Eve; end of the year

1

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

2

good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler

1

at a loss for words; stumped for words

2

to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die

2

in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

1

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

6

hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind

1

sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim

1

to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

1

apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia

2

to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove

2

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

5

blood

6

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

4

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

7

love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by

3

to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil

1

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

1

inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to

1

face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

1

at the last moment; this late in the game

4

just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...

1

full stop; period; end

1

strange; odd; unusual

2

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

3

to stop (plug) one's ears

3