jpdb beta

acid; sourness; sour taste

2

Earth; the globe

1

original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source

1

disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

1

to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)

4

to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind

2

by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect

1

(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)

1

water system; river system; drainage system

2

cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)

1

ranger

1

scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch

1

malfunction; failure

1

cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot

1

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

1

blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand

1

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

1

traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless

1

to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other

1

marshy grassland; wetlands

13

to wash away; to sweep away; to carry away

2

ebb tide

1

to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)

1

encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)

1

to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words

1

unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead

1

to begin to appear; to begin to come in

1

extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

1

to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop

1

the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)

12

moment; instant

1

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

1

to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

1

to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

1

after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

1

downward compatible; backward compatible; upward compatible; forward compatible; providing the same function while being more effective (esp. in games)

1

to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back

1

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted

1

being on the ropes; losing ground

1

drop of water; polka dots

10

water pistol; squirt gun; water gun

1

everybody; every last one of them; all

1

busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses

1

to be at a loss how to continue an offensive; to be frustrated by impregnable defences

1

to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake

1

not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable

1

marshland; wetland; swampland

1

to sink (into); to get depressed

1

to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of

1