jpdb beta

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

1

a bit more; a bit longer

5

washing machine; (clothes) washer

1

to lay aside; to set aside

1

medal; shield; card on which dharani (etc.) are written; notice board (in a Zen temple); tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)

2

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

26

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

fraud; cheating; foul play; trickery; hoax; swindle

1

settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)

1

private; personal

1

head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

8

power; authority; jurisdiction

1

to be at a loss; to rack one's brains in vain; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea

1

one's specialty; one's forte; specialty of a kabuki school

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

8

direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)

1

impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)

4

flight; desertion; escape

3

one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made

1

to be found; to be discovered

17

miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

1

inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts)

1

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

10

to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff

2

after; later

1

silent phone call (form of harassment)

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

12

to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of

1

equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana; opposite bank; opposite shore

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

exploration; expedition

1

runner-up

1

right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher

3

black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence

5

heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva

2

sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking

1

ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

1

to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do

3

sortie; sally; attack

1

confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

5

end; close

1

curtain call

3

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

17

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

3

just one person; only one

3

stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)

8

blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

1

the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge

1

is something that; is that which

3

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

5