jpdb beta

(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness

1

to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone

2

management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)

1

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

to acquire knowledge

1

to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about

1

true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

1

panic

2

ex post facto report; report after the event

1

rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing

2

adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

1

exploration; expedition

1

inscrutable; incomprehensible

1

to be too late; to be too slow

1

tall figure; high stature

1

to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die

1

to push open

1

No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden

1

general

1

messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy

1

to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop

1

to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous

1

inheritance; something given or received

1

to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)

1

astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

2

change of course

1

right in the middle (of); midst; height

1

moment by moment; hour by hour

1

jealous; envious

1

to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

1

(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

2

prompt answer; direct personal answer

3

birds of prey (of order Falconiformes or Strigiformes); raptors

1

swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly

3

metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

1

to assemble; to set up; to construct

3

stamp; seal

1

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

1

questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)

2

fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness

3

punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding

1

sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person

1

to blame; to find fault with

1

to blame; to find fault with

1

to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up

1

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

3

what's what; heads or tails

2

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

2

two copies

1

one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

2