jpdb beta

vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)

5

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

1

left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)

1

shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

3

to cut at; to slash at

3

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

2

damage

1

one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve

1

wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder

2

at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

1

blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

4

evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance

2

pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

6

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

1

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

3

extent; scope; sphere; range; span

2

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

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right shoulder

2

intermittent

1

to make something resound

1

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

3

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

1

pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase

2

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

2

jest; joke; funny story

1

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

3

to be worth it; to pay

1

aha!; yes sir

1

to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

4

to watch for an unguarded moment

1

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

1

line

1

spacious; vast; wide

4

tactics

1

within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

2

taking advantage of (a convenient situation)

1

to mow down

1

compression; condensation; constriction; compaction

1

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

5

descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence

1

edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)

1

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

1

portion; section; part

3

edge of blade

2

deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)

1

in the meanwhile; during the time

1

landing

1

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

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