jpdb beta

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

4

reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

1

way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

1

radical; acute; sharp

1

precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation

1

bend; curvature; deflection

1

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

1

spark

1

dirty; vulgar; nasty

1

how; in what way; I wonder

1

numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles

2

cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene

4

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

3

playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal

1

seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

1

striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving

1

side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife

3

oblique muscle

1

decision; judgment; resolution

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

1

to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

1

striking just before one's opponent makes a move

1

to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

1

well done!; bravo

1

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

1

abatement; reduction

1

to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to

2

to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate

1

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

1

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

1

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

1

reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

1

hair's breadth

1

to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces

2

temple (side of head)

1

to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char

1

gun; cannon; artillery

1

short pause; short interval

1

soccer ball; football (as used in soccer)

1

pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus

1

lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

2

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

1

carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

1

thigh

1

outside (an organization, department, etc.)

1

pinpoint

1

rapid-fire

1

deadpan face; expressionless white face; po-faced

1

to perceive; to understand

1

acute angle

1