jpdb beta

crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

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flickering; blinking

2

with a grin

1

gossip; corner of the mouth

2

to knock down; to knock out

1

reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly

1

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary

1

any number of times

1

will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness

1

a help; assistance

1

duty; obligation; responsibility

1

electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking

1

to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in

1

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

2

the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed

1

sand; grit; fine gravel

4

geometric pattern

1

to knock down; to utterly defeat

1

weight

1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

2

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

1

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

1

to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

1

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

1

to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

2

how many people; a number of people

2

difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling

1

feeble; faint; weak

1

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

1

to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

3

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

1

to unsheathe

1

slashing (with the blade pressed against the object); mowing down (the enemy); cutting down (one after the other); clean sweep; sweeping conquest

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

1

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily

1

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

1

to stoop; to bend over

2

passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger

1

on the occasion of; at the time of

2

bad; evil

1

to give; to do ...

1

dirty; vulgar; nasty; offensive; disgusting

1

angry roar; bellow

1

voice; cry; shout

1

to be sacked; to be dismissed

1

(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.); abruptly; completely

1

to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block

1