jpdb beta

propulsive power; driving force

2

intermediate gear

1

gathering place; labour camp for drifters, criminals, etc. (Edo period); entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre)

1

head-butting; head-butt

2

artificial fingernail; fake fingernail

1

fickle; capricious; inconstant; changeable; whimsical

1

previous engagement; prior contract

1

next (spoken) word

2

to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath

3

circle; ring; torus

2

person being waited for; person who waits

1

vocal cords

1

nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

2

unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest

1

thin; slender

3

guidance; protective custody

2

the "ra" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)

1

lucidity; intelligibility; perspicuity

1

chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply

1

a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed; extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed

4

suicide

1

willing to do; prepared

1

obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea

1

to prosper; to flourish; to copulate (animals)

2

bankruptcy; insolvency

1

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

2

holding hands with fingers interlocked

1

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

6

is it?

3

cowardice; timidity; bashfulness

2

Schumacher

1

easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous

2

naming; giving a name; designation; nominal

1

to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war

3

magistrate; shogunate administrator

1

to be torn off; to come off

4

impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

2

blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole

2

power balance; balance of power

1

-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)

1

equipment; device; installation; stage setting

5

what the?; what's going on?; what's this?

2

to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb

2

person with supernatural power; person capable of extrasensory perception

1

ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)

1

(with a) slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack

1

to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail

1

to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them

1

pitfall; trap; pit

1

spitting

1