jpdb beta

kind-hearted; compassionate; charitable

1

commander; commanding officer; CO

1

sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice

3

step; stride; counter for steps

1

one thin flat object; one sheet

1

king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

6

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

1

rook; hisha

2

gold general

1

silver general

1

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

1

king (of the senior player)

2

to survive

1

modest; humble

1

the throne; the crown

2

empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post

1

flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient

1

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

1

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

1

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

victory or defeat; victory and defeat

1

win; victory

2

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

2

victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

1

lawless area; lawless district

1

vacant post; vacancy; post in name only

2

shellfish; seashell; shell

2

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

1

stability; steadiness; equilibrium

1

merely for form's sake

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

1

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

1

missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

1

to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp

1

whereabouts; place where one is; position; location

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

1

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

1

thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end

1

to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)

1

to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched

11

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

1

to increase; to multiply

1

cover; lid; cap

1

rather than

2

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

2

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

1

literally; to the letter; literal

1

puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute

1