jpdb beta

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

1

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

4

index finger; forefinger; second toe

1

bullet (from a rifle)

1

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

1

collective defense

1

pact; convention; agreement

1

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

1

system; institution; organization; organisation

1

to make an enemy (of); to antagonize

1

tomfoolery; monkey business

1

locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent

3

half step; half a step

3

interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)

2

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

step; stride; counter for steps

1

(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes

1

death; mortality; to die; to pass away

1

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

5

right foot; right leg

1

horizontal; level; even

2

to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle

1

to cut; to slit

1

initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

7

skill; dexterity; master hand

2

to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

1

defense; defence; protecting; preventing

1

short pause; short interval

1

combatant; fighter

67

variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables

1

to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

1

to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum

1

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

4

encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement

1

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

2

to find out; to discover; to locate

1

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

1

one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

4

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

2

half the body; half length

1

hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord

1

hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling

2

to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

1

to change direction

1

simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together

2

advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

1

noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)

1

to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid

2

technique; art; skill; move

3