jpdb beta

expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility

1

eight; 8

2

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

1

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

5

shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try

1

to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

2

to attack; to assault; to assail

1

though; notwithstanding; although

4

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

3

plan; policy

1

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

1

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

1

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

1

simple honesty; tactless frankness

1

(in) his way; peculiar to him

1

to attempt; to test; to try out

3

honest person

1

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

6

to hang; to dangle

1

right angle; perpendicular

1

in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation

1

clenched fist

1

back of the hand

2

battle; fight; combat

5

rīchi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)

1

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

1

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

1

superhuman strength

2

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

1

destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force

1

common; usual

2

fatal wound

2

right foot; right leg

2

current boyfriend

1

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

3

(direct) hit; hitting the mark

2

spine; backbone; spinal column

1

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

1

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

1

simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie

1

killing two birds with one stone

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

2

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

4

at least

2

ramification; branching off

4

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

1

ostentation; display

1

if you think about it; come to think of it

2

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

3

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

5