jpdb beta

drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice

1

failure; mistake; blunder

5

bottled

1

promptly

1

to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing

2

baseball

1

batting average

1

rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment

1

laws (of nature); (divine) providence

1

philosophy

2

to bring (someone into a place); to lead into

1

exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary

1

at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn

1

friendship

1

parameter

1

unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite

1

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

1

ability; capacity; capability; physical strength

1

personification; impersonation; embodiment

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

2

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

1

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

1

doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

3

answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising

1

change; alteration; modification

2

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

2

to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself

1

natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance; natural attitude; relaxed manner; calm manner

1

because it's there

2

slight movement; slight tremor; quiver

1

to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)

1

cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

1

to tumble down; to roll down

1

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

2

to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)

1

to be in high spirits

1

to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)

1

supplement; complement

1

very great; enormous; serious

1

to affect; to impact; to influence

1

to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another

1

in its entirety; whole; wholly

1

to buy; to purchase; to buy out

1

walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)

1

as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated

1

purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

2

baby; infant

2

nuclear weapon

1

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

1

you could say that; that might be so

1