jpdb beta

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

2

to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

2

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

9

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

3

atonement; expiation

3

to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud

1

to anticipate; to foresee

1

control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order

1

live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger

1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

5

nothing but; none other than

2

to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death

1

self-sacrifice; self-renunciation

1

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

1

obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction

2

long-cherished ambition; satisfaction

1

role; part; duty

1

mutual enemies

2

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

2

dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death

2

to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize

2

responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution

1

hatred

2

winner; victor

1

tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

3

fear; terror

1

punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding

1

overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded

1

hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)

1

special guest (e.g. on a TV show); guest performer

2

lump of iron; iron ingot

1

I'm hungry

1

job seeker magazine for manual labourers published by Recruit Inc. (1991-2009); physical work; physical workers; blue-collar workers

1

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

1

shio ramen; ramen in pale salty broth

1

supremacism

1

dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)

3

miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

2

volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound

1

flashback

1

innermost depths of one's heart

1

to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion

1

to overflow from something full

2

how dare ...; how could ...

1

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

2

ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

2

soul; spirit

1

animism

1

animism

1