jpdb beta

crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)

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shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish

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vermilion; scarlet

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arrow feathers

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black (colour, color)

1

to grasp; to get

1

sign; signal; cue

4

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

1

reopening; resumption; restarting

1

time for battle; military secrets; strategy

1

to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation

1

longed-for; anxiously awaited

1

originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with

1

to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish

1

glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant

1

to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)

2

following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with

1

head; lead; vanguard; first

2

atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity

1

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

2

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

1

in the sea

1

fish

2

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

7

to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head

1

big snake; serpent

2

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

1

to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap

1

to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate

1

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

2

to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish

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retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

1

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

5

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

2

to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

1

rational

2

just; fair; proper; reasonable

1

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

1

meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)

1

indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

1

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

1

easy; simple; plain

1

what sort; what kind

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work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

to wrap up

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source; origin

1

to grow old; to age

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ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere

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