jpdb beta

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

1

to make do errands; to set to scutwork

1

snapping back (at someone) despite being in the wrong; getting mad back

1

prostrating oneself (in submission, respect, etc.)

2

to be pleased with; to suit

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

3

tip; end; point

1

not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

1

first place; first rank; units position (of a number)

1

to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing

1

to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

6

to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial

1

above; more than

3

correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)

3

runner-up

1

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

3

pathos; sorrow; grief

2

they; them

17

to be trustworthy; to be credible; to be believable

1

to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

5

civil official

3

to take someone's pulse

1

to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt

1

big; large; great

5

hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste

6

to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

1

youngest brother; last disciple

1

draw (in competition); tie game

1

depths (of an art, one's mind, etc.); heart; inner mysteries; profound; deep; esoteric

3

mother; wife

5

to become rounded; to roll into a ball

1

to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words

1

battle of wits; contest of wits

7

sharp and able person

1

agreement; stipulation; contract

2

drive assembly; driving gear; driving mechanism; running gear

1

to be born

3

slope; slanting surface; bevel

1

parachute

1

from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

7

Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)

1

gliding (through the air)

1

no way to do; nothing can be done

1

landing; alighting; touch down

3

passenger

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thought

7

look of death (in one's face); shadow of death; face of a dead person

1

legs of a table

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intermittence; being intermittent; occurring intermittently

3

dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

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