jpdb beta

cloth bag

1

to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

3

oil

7

kneeling

6

to look old-fashioned; to be antique-looking

2

to reject; to repel

5

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

4

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

2

pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting

16

connection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching; junction

7

joint

4

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

1

to bend sharply; to twist; to contort; to curl

3

to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated

1

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down

8

(body) weight

6

opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access

4

loading (on a ship); equipping (an aircraft, car, etc.) with; being equipped with

5

metal fittings; metal fixtures

2

sliding; slipping; slide; "slide" under the opponents stones by playing a move (usually keima or ogeima) on the second line

2

to slide into

1

at any rate; in any case; anyway; anyhow

1

long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears

4

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

2

same distance; equal distance

1

to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

2

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)

8

a certain someone; Mr So-and-so

1

to hear a rumor; to get wind of

1

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

3

miraculous

1

Japanese yen; JPY

1

conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

7

(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

12

championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round

1

friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy

2

depths; deep part

1

herself; she herself

4

to chase around

3

to trample; to crush underfoot

8

safety zone; traffic island

1

power shovel; excavator

1

offense and defense; offence and defence

2

caterpillar track; continuous track

3

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

1

tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

5

deep-seated grudge; hatred

2

underground space; subterranean space; subterranea

1

(indoor) heating

1