jpdb beta

shooting down (an aircraft)

2

to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally

1

descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)

1

to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate

1

taking care of something by oneself; self-management

1

to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install

1

thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp

4

on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse

1

spurt

1

eye of a typhoon; eye of a tropical cyclone; person (or thing) at the center of a turbulent situation (who triggers change or movement)

1

all-out war; full-scale war

1

certainty

1

just who do you think you are?

1

slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down

4

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

1

partial destruction

8

the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes

1

violence; force

1

these

1

to brush off; to shake off

1

here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots

1

your views; your opinion; great idea; excellent idea

2

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

1

esthetics; aesthetics

4

to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

2

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

1

mankind; humanity

1

to cut one's own throat; to dig one's own grave; to cause oneself harm; to bring ruin on oneself

1

you could say; you might say; verging on the

1

jealousy; envy

1

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

1

(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit

1

disorderly crowd; mob; rabble

1

lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body

2

wing shape

3

auricle; pinna

41

attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)

2

to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify

4

in this manner; in this way; like this

3

one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)

2

to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending

4

tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome

1

to look forward to

2

of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless

1

to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly

1

against; contrary to

1

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

2

one life; one's life; one order; one command

1

concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)

1

imprudent; indiscreet; immodest; indecent; inconsiderate; inappropriate

2