jpdb beta

one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping

2

few in number

1

muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something

1

vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

3

body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

5

after death

4

purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge

2

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

3

last resort

1

sly; cunning; crafty

1

marathon; long-distance race

1

to grow hoarse; to become husky

1

stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

4

limit; bound

4

frail; slender; feminine

2

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited

1

to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

1

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

1

to disappear; to vanish

3

lodging together; training camp; boarding house

1

to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

1

to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime

1

working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)

1

insistence; (major) emphasis; stress

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

2

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

1

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

1

to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn

1

demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend

2

hanging scroll

1

uniform worn in martial arts (judo, kendo, etc.)

2

roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

1

trousers; pants

2

consecration

2

cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery

1

these

2

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

1

wool

1

obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

2

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

5

posture; stance

2

to mimic; to imitate

1

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

3

pose; pause

2

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

1

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

2

curriculum

1

to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)

1

waiting impatiently for

1