jpdb beta

main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)

1

proclamation; official notice; touch; contact

2

dark brown; colour of tanned skin

2

to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc

2

beetle

1

flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily

3

(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit

1

(mouth) gag

2

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

1

hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar

3

fatal wound

1

to bind up; to tie up

1

knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; arrest; rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)

1

treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures

2

to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around

1

fool

6

in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)

1

leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing

4

to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

3

execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion

6

to be emaciated; to be nothing but skin and bones

3

hateful; detestable; loathsome

4

dry riverbed; river beach

4

without cause; without reason

1

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work

2

to glare at; to scowl at

1

to rescue; to free

3

spring water; clear (pure) water

4

to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)

2

tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn

2

agony; anguish

15

human figure; human form

3

making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

1

ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

2

huh?; what's up?

5

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

1

phosphorus (P)

2

to sew on

2

to catch fire; to ignite

2

last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage

5

to stick (in); to stick out; to rise sharply; to stand (doing nothing)

2

he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing

1

spider's thread; spider silk

2

to scatter; to disperse; to spend on; to squander (e.g. one's fortune); to chase away (e.g. one's worries); to kill (pain)

1

to wound; to murder

10

running away; escaping on foot

1

negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

1

to be true to nature; to be lifelike

2

playing dead; feigning death; playing possum

1

stand-in; proxy; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to one's remaining ramen broth)

1