jpdb beta

to wear extra clothes; to dress formally

1

within one's means

1

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance

1

feelings; thoughts; meaning

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

2

sighting device; sights

1

to look into; to peer in

2

shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection

2

thunderous roar; roaring sound

5

fatal wound

2

instant death

1

to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered

2

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

1

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

2

(flash of) lightning

1

to throb; to beat fast

1

beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing

1

glug-glug

1

point-blank range

1

to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling

1

to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)

1

linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple

2

living thing; living creature; animal; life

1

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

1

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

1

feeler; tentacle

2

recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence

1

reeling by hand (esp. silk); hand filature; counter sinking (making conical depression so screw-heads don't protrude above surface); spot facing (machining a flat space for bolt head, etc.); hollowing out (e.g. wooden chair seat, scallop pattern on roof, etc.)

2

thigh; femoral

1

to twine around

4

to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

1

fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized

1

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

1

to tear off

1

to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate

1

blood

1

oozing; damp; sodden

1

to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

1

to surround; to encircle; to enclose

2

to appear suddenly

2

simmer; bubble out; flow out

1

selflessness; being unselfish

1

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

1

to be to the point; to be pertinent

1

rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing

1

to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)

1

upper arm

1

army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

3

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

4