jpdb beta

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

4

selection; choice; option

1

to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

1

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

5

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

4

stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

1

to push aside; to brush aside

1

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

1

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

3

ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over

2

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

1

the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass

2

lead (Pb)

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

1

in succession; one by one

2

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

change of course

2

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

1

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

2

to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with

1

rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured

3

to turn one's back to

2

going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner

1

one by one; one after another; successively

3

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)

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

1

tough

1

Minotaur

1

golem

1

dragon (as depicted in Western myths)

1

the end

4

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

2

admiration; wonder; astonishment

1

to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled

1

a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"

1

really; truly

1

highlight; best part; stunning; incredible; superb

1

quick-wittedness; tact

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

4

last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

2

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

9

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

1

motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination

2

apologetic

1

hula (dance)

2

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

4

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

2

step; stride; counter for steps

3

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

1