jpdb beta

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

2

spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

2

icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice

6

innumerable; countless; numberless

4

to stick (in); to stick out; to rise sharply; to stand (doing nothing)

1

that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

7

appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence

3

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

3

to go down and stand; to alight; to get down

2

ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

28

pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

19

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

9

folding one's arms

1

idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning

4

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

4

pouch; accessory case

1

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

2

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

1

there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion

1

firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship

1

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

9

neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district

2

cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air

1

condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration; condensation (of a vapour or gas)

2

to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on

3

shooting down (an aircraft)

1

windy; windswept; blowy

1

to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

3

to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

1

echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

2

closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling

5

mass; quality and quantity

1

wind noise

1

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

1

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

5

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

2

to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish

2

to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

2

long and narrow

2

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

17

no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it

1

sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness

12

-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

3

slimy; slippery

1

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

1

human figure; human form

5

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

9

what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)

1

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

2