jpdb beta

looking like a ...; acting as if a ...

1

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

1

inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable

1

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

2

(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress

1

to guess right

1

guard (soldier)

5

subordinate; underling; henchman; minion

1

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

1

to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down

8

Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons

1

violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement

2

exorcist

1

possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)

1

custom; custom-made; customization; customs (government agency); customs duty

1

due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work

1

to lack

1

begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

1

guts; pluck; nerve; spirit

1

a puff; a smoke; (short) rest; break; one dose (of medicine or poison); (brief) lull

3

relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)

1

to smoke a cigarette; to smoke

2

staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement

1

rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival

1

service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

3

something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

1

every person; each one; everybody

1

unbroken; endless; continuous

1

national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

1

guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)

1

contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front

1

pin (e.g. hairpin, safety pin); (bowling) pin; pin; flagstick; (a) one (on dice or Japanese playing cards); first; top

2

faint smile

1

count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down); count (of radioactivity)

7

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)

5

reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration

1

to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

1

coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment

6

flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times

2

counter for drops of liquid

1

to begin to dance; to break into a dance

2

to rewind

2

to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up

3

to carve out

1

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

4

to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

2

science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science

7

to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate

3

to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

1

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

5