jpdb beta

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

3

interval; break; rift (in clouds)

1

hitting; battering

1

dancing; dance

1

(with a) whizz; hiss; zip; easily; with ease

1

to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret

1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty

1

bipartite; in two parts; double

1

special move (e.g. in martial arts)

1

targeting; aiming at a specific target; selective hitting; swinging only at certain types of pitches; having no choice in a move (in mahjong, go, etc.)

1

edged tool; cutting instrument; knife

1

definite; sure

1

gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

1

school (of painting, ikebana, etc.)

1

source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)

1

art of war; strategy; tactics

1

transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child

1

thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)

1

useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle

1

master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts

1

ancestors

1

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

3

(one's efforts) not being enough; not succeeding (despite one's best efforts); not being up to the task; being beyond one's ability

1

stray arrow

1

shooting to death

1

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

1

contradiction; inconsistency

1

several minutes; a few minutes

1

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

1

to misread (a name, kanji, etc.); to read incorrectly; to mispronounce (when reading); to misread (a situation, trend, etc.); to misinterpret; to misjudge

1

hacking to pieces

1

spear hand

1

overarm stroke (type of traditional Japanese swimming style)

2

to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

1

tying up; binding; total; sum; conclusion (e.g. of a gathering); end; final meal after a drinking party

1

chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

1

to scrape off; to shave off

1

scoundrel; ruffian; villain

1

colorless and transparent

1

ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience

1

short time no see; hello again; a short time (since the last time); first in a short while

1

surrender

2

sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint

1

smoke; fumes

3

to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage

1

to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful

1

orpiment (yellow mineral, or the pigment derived from it); gamboge (tree resin, or the dull yellow pigment derived from it); falsification; alteration

1

begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

1