jpdb beta

to leap back; to jump back

2

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

1

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

5

to cross swords with

1

status; position; method; way; rule; regulation

1

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

2

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

7

specialization; specialisation

1

action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior

2

to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

1

complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment

4

military personnel; soldier

1

(most) basic of basics

1

windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)

2

attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

4

easily

4

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

8

to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off

1

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

2

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)

3

back of head

1

thud

2

sediment; earth and sand

1

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

2

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

1

spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus

1

to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound

2

step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)

1

jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise

2

to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

1

rapier

1

indicates means of action; cause of effect; by

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

2

ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

1

speed

3

finally; after great pains; at last; just barely

1

solar day (esp. on planets other than Earth); sol (currency of Peru)

1

fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized

1

rhythm

1

murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

2

tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

2

hammer

1

striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving

2

with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle

1

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

2

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

1

to pick up; to pick out

1

to thrust before; to thrust at

1