jpdb beta

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

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interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)

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to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

2

blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

1

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

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shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted

3

lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

1

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

1

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

1

divine protection

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

powerless; helpless; incompetent

1

limit; bounds

1

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

1

to mow down

2

slash; slashing attack

1

to lie face-down

1

to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable

1

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

1

approximately the same

2

to make a fist; to clench one's fist

2

by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

1

to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

2

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

2

to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

3

to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

1

to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

1

miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary

1

self-consciousness; self-awareness

3

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

1

furiously; passionately; indignantly

1

to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize

4

to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict

2

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

1

striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt

1

to stick into; to pierce; to run into

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

2

phew; whew

1

cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless

1

justification; warrant

1

to subsist; to keep on living

3

to trample; to crush underfoot

1

whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches

2

essence; true nature; substance; reality

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

2

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour

2

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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