jpdb beta

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

4

item; something that one "just has to have"

2

if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

1

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

1

seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up

25

even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that

1

Esta

3

Nord; Knolle; Nohl

3

to collect the best; to put together the cream of the crop

1

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

1

civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

1

artifact; artefact

1

existing; living; extant

1

eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

1

mushroom

1

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

2

to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

3

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

3

(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain

1

let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you

2

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

6

waste of time; killing time

4

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

obstacle; hurdle

2

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

1

yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly

1

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

2

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

23

to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

2

playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

7

to turn completely into; to become completely

1

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

1

with no effort at all; easily

1

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

1

omnivorous

5

in that way; like that; that way

2

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

2

so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

1

to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of

1

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

1

chicken meat; fowl; poultry; bird meat

3

waking

1

reproachful; hateful; bitter

2

peace; harmony

3

brown bread; rye bread

1

hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste

1

sauce; Worcestershire sauce

1

spicy; piquant

1

entremets; intermezzo; small palate-cleansing dish served between courses

1

fork; forkball

1