jpdb beta

to have a short turning radius (e.g. car); to be adaptable; to be quick to respond to shifting circumstances

3

sharp; keen; acute

3

Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

3

homing

1

separate; special; another; separately

3

guided missile

1

to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise

1

acrobatics; acrobatic performance; stunt

2

to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

1

creative

1

with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life

2

to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine

1

rage; fury; exasperation; indignation

1

distilled liquor; spirits

2

too few; too little; insufficient

1

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

1

fiction; fabrication; concoction

1

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

2

first report (esp. of an incident or news story); initial report

4

to claim victims; to leave casualties

4

turning point

1

being good-for-nothing; useless person

4

to the end

4

patting; stroking; caressing

1

rush job; slipshod job; quick-and-dirty work

1

crash; smash; crunch; bang

1

setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)

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to wave a flag; to show the way

3

pouring all one's efforts into a single issue (goal, etc.); focusing entirely on one objective; single-minded approach; concentrated all-out effort; targeted strike

3

replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching

1

excess personnel; redundant staff

1

to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone

2

to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit

4

intensive care unit; ICU

6

brain waves; electroencephalogram; EEG

5

(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)

3

through glass

4

to re-examine; to review; to recheck

1

royal family

2

divine gift

4

to raise (one's voice)

1

warfare; the maelstrom of war; disorder brought about by war

3

parallel world; parallel universe

44

function; function (programming)

2

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

1

to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious

2

complicity

1

bedridden; confined to bed

1

to revive; to resurrect; to resuscitate

1

space station

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