jpdb beta

to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire

8

clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude

1

to stay calm; to keep cool

1

to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki

1

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)

2

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

1

to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe

1

gunpowder smoke

1

smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword

3

(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection

1

legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure

1

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

1

grog

1

to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

1

social justice

1

to whistle

2

the same kind; accomplice; partner

6

you (plural)

3

one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives

1

to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly

2

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

1

gilet; vest; waistcoat

1

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

1

to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin); to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one

1

we; us

3

carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

1

bullet (from a rifle)

3

to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

1

borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)

1

magazine (for a firearm); cylinder (of a revolver)

5

completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)

4

dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision

1

reflexes

1

look, look!

1

sound of a gunshot; report of a gun

3

bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)

1

each other; one another

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

2

fierce attack

1

dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy

12

forelock; bangs

1

being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

1

to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much

1

integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis

1

to finish reading; to read through

1

to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory

1

to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

2

swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

2