jpdb beta

to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)

1

common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open

3

stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

1

to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

1

intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse

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black clothes

20

stabbing through; plunging into; sticking right into; sinking into (mud, water, etc.)

1

ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)

1

to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard

1

unification; integration

3

visual confirmation; sighting

1

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

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moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time

6

bisection

1

left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)

2

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

2

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

2

scratch; chip; flaw; fault; shame; disgrace

1

to collide; to clash

1

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

2

promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first

1

at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

1

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

2

state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

1

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

2

the whole world

2

to shed tears

2

maybe; could be; might

1

ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)

1

sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji

1

to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air

2

right foot; right leg

3

classical form of martial art

2

feminist; man who indulges women; gentleman

2

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

1

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

1

jump; leap; skip; bound

1

kick

5

observing eye

1

hair (on the head)

3

short; brief

3

to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...

2

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

1

angle

1

boy; son; baby boy; young man

2

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

4

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

1

hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky

1

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

1

had better ...; had better not ...

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