jpdb beta

to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer

2

in many cases

3

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

1

body; physique; build; stature

1

fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)

2

outward appearance; apparent

4

body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander

1

impossible to understand; impossible to decipher

3

highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)

3

spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating

1

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit

2

main cause; primary factor

5

mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization

3

first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start

2

deep regret; great sorrow; bitter grief

2

oblique line; forward slash

1

to accumulate (writings, compositions, etc. that one has not yet published); to build up a stock of (manuscripts, etc.)

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

7

lesson; precept; teachings; moral

5

re-; again

7

password; watchword; motto; slogan

1

news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition

2

to collect evidence

1

replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching

4

chivalry; chivalrous spirit; helping the weak and fighting the strong; yakuza

1

fiancé; fiancée

1

National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament

3

old hag; old woman; old bat

1

to slay; to cut down (a foe)

1

clashing of swords; fight; brawl; scuffle

1

sword fight (in a film, play, etc.); stage combat; fight scene

1

shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!

1

holding a dan rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)

1

menopausal disorders

1

hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa

1

personal use; private use; private business; personal business

2

ophthalmology

1

roundhouse kick; turning kick

1

figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus

3

eye doctor; ophthalmologist; oculist

1

lolicon; (sexual) attraction to prepubescent girls; someone attracted to very young girls; lolicon; someone attracted to young or young-looking female characters

1

depending on ...

2

intimacy; familiarity; closeness

1

to roll or tumble into

2

bullying; teasing; chivying

2

laboratory

1

dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course

2

court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand

1

wooden horse (used in S&M play or torture)

1

cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty

1