jpdb beta

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

3

to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

1

minimum; at the very least

1

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

1

desk; copy editor

3

pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing

3

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

3

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

3

flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle

1

(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

2

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

1

huh?; what's up?

1

to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected

1

right in half

1

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

2

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

1

to rain incessantly; to downpour

1

sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain

4

to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another

4

crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue

3

locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition

3

to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

2

to burn to a crisp; to scorch

1

to put one's strength into

2

space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

1

glancing (look)

1

ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

2

kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food

1

to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down

1

to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in

2

fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

1

without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)

1

fall; drop; descent; coming down

6

sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop

1

lower half of the body

1

tingling sensation (e.g. in a leg); feeling numb; painful tingle; noisily; ears ringing

1

to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated

1

cushion

1

minivan; people-mover; 6-8 seat automobile with sliding door or doors

1

windscreen; windshield

1

to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured

1

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

6

orange (colour, color)

1

(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange

1

apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

4

to look around; to survey

2

to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run

2

mermaid; merman

3

monument

3

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

1