jpdb beta

forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding

3

to go up the stairs

4

top; summit; vertex

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

locational advantage; advantageous position

1

high and low; rise and fall

1

white stone; white (go pieces)

3

stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon

5

lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

2

crushing

1

in very small pieces

2

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

2

drawing one's sword

1

foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead

1

popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

1

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

2

honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances

2

calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

3

to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

2

to be at a loss how to continue; to become disheartened

1

degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size

1

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

2

unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet

1

to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

2

to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up

1

to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger

1

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

1

rough scolding; upbraiding; tongue-lashing; dressing-down

1

to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment

2

firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot

1

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

2

leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress

3

guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

5

precognition; prescience

1

without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...

3

slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy

10

stab; thrust; lunge

1

easily

2

raging stream; rapids

2

semicircle

1

minimum; lowest; minimal; least

1

pommel

1

heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack

2

nosebleed

1

pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention

1

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

1

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

3

reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

1

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

2