jpdb beta

hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

1

to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

1

offensive; aggressive

3

to cut down; to chop down; to fell

1

finishing blow; coup de grâce

2

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

2

cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat

1

indescribable; having no way to express

1

one-coin (i.e. able to be paid for with only one coin, esp. a 500-yen coin, sometimes a 100-yen coin); costing 500 yen; costing 100 yen

1

being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)

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)

2

coin; token; slug

5

working adult; full-fledged member of society

1

expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by

1

worry; care; anxiety

1

bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood

1

anatomical model of the human body

1

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

1

to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt

1

luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)

1

to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire

1

to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince

2

shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star

3

cremation

1

(divine) revelation; divine oracle

1

purity (of a substance)

2

preparation; provision; guarding

1

fee; charge; rate; material

1

coin; hard currency

1

money

2

bullet (from a rifle)

2

unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision

1

song lyrics; words of a song; libretto

1

gambling den; gambling house

1

what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry

1

(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money

1

dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove

2

to pretend; to feign

1

to be too late (to be of use)

1

telling blow

1

deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn); stack; draw pile; tag verifying one has permission to take plants and trees from common land (Edo period)

1

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

1

protracted war; war of attrition

2

taking one's own life; suicide

2

to be hesitant; to feel timid

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task

1

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

1

to hurry; to rush

1

to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

1