jpdb beta

sword blade; knife blade

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supplementary explanation

1

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

10

to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

3

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

2

pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

2

to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far

1

to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death

1

limit; restriction

1

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

2

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

1

thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo

1

to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap

1

storage; putting away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting

4

to be able to manage somehow or other

1

pure white; snow white

2

position

2

to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about

1

disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence

2

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

1

tactics

1

to give directions; to issue instructions

3

elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air

1

rearguard; rear guard; back (player)

1

middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary

1

middle guard; halfback (e.g. football); center forward (e.g. volleyball); centre forward

1

(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus

1

poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

2

clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling

1

crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)

1

random pounding (e.g. on a drum)

3

De

4

right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher

2

mid-range; mid-scale; mid-size

1

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

5

to throw into; to toss into; to drive (a nail, etc.) into; to hammer in; to fire (a bullet) into; to launch (a missile) at

1

to disappear; to vanish

2

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

5

big problem; major issue; big controversy

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

1

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

2

sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out

1

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

1

boy; juvenile; child

2

endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

3

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

2

mass production

2

(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate

2

physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)

3