jpdb beta

to prevent (something) from occurring; to forestall; to avert; to nip in the bud

1

cluster of trees; grove; thicket

4

one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)

1

flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression

4

friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides

1

to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

2

agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells

2

to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance

3

mixture; intermixture; mixing up; contamination

1

suction cup; suction pad; sucker

2

leech

1

equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

1

pseudoscorpion (any arachnid of order Pseudoscorpionida); false scorpion

1

line of spears held at the ready

1

fierce attack

3

hard fighting

2

to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

5

to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)

1

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

3

dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)

2

to give directions; to issue instructions

5

to let out a cry; to shout

1

to show off; to flaunt

1

to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)

1

Hiko

3

normal; regular

1

deviation; departure; (accidental) omission

3

to decide the outcome (e.g. game); to be very different; to be sharply contrasted

1

protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval

2

dislocation

5

to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear

2

land subsidence; decline in influence

2

smoky; awkward; uncomfortable; ill at ease

3

to appear

2

degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration

3

to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be

2

rafflesia (Rafflesia arnoldii); monster flower; stinking corpse lily

1

to give off a stench; to stink

1

radial; radiating

4

star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata)

1

directly under; falling perpendicularly

5

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

4

mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)

4

at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one

3

cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)

2

with a bang (of a gun); with a boom (of artillery); with a thud; with a thump

2

to take a breath; to take a short rest

2

reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)

1

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

2

accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank

1