jpdb beta

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

3

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

2

muscle

3

to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

1

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

4

comic; comics; comic opera; comic; comical

2

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled

1

vena cava

1

aorta; important traffic route

1

carotid artery

1

pulmonary artery

1

left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol

2

pulmonary vein

1

instant death

2

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

1

after a short pause

1

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

1

to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces

6

dividing into four; quartering

1

to shine; to glitter; to be bright

1

to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest

1

call; appeal

3

host; landlord; innkeeper

1

mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization

2

to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

1

consideration; taking into account

1

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

4

to aim at

1

to collide; to clash

1

collision; clashing

1

metal

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

1

rib; frame (of a ship)

2

to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another

1

to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope

1

the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

1

further; above (that); greater (than that); any more

1

straight line

1

surrounding at a distance

1

warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)

1

to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open

1

to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)

1

concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works

2

to turn round; to face about; to turn about

1

clenched fist

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

4

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

1

counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets

1