jpdb beta

hand used like a sword in striking

8

clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress

1

tough; strong; stiff; tenacious

2

fibre; fiber; textile

2

sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison

2

scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)

36

hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation

2

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

1

to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)

1

turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

3

true character; true heart; true spirit

1

be (that) as it may; having said that

2

frivolous; fickle; insincere; caprice; cold-heartedness

1

place to die; place of death

1

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

1

lightly; easily; carelessly

2

(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor

1

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

1

to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend

1

(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness

1

to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

water's surface

1

tantrum; fretting

1

letting (someone) die without helping

1

to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

1

near oneself; close to one; familiar

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

1

to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse

1

to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour

1

tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground

1

mighty; powerful

1

to lose one's life

3

antiquity; ancient times

1

dilemma

1

still; even now; to this day

1

piece

1

convenient

1

hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)

1

fundamental; basic

1

failure; mistake; blunder

4

to use one's head

2

a foolish or stupid look

1

to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate

1

definition

2

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

1

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

2

to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

2