jpdb beta

courtyard; quadrangle; middle court

5

sham battle

3

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

1

bokken; wooden sword

6

to lean against; to set against

1

one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

2

behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

1

combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

1

a few minutes later; after a few minutes

1

exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

4

to change one's clothes

2

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

3

jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point

2

telling blow

1

surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in

2

battle; game; bout

1

how many times?

3

to repeat; to do something over again

4

sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable

1

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

5

wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)

1

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

2

upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor

1

half step; half a step

1

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

1

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

1

response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect

1

to weaken

1

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

3

adding; addition; extra

1

to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

2

to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)

1

ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)

1

offense and defense; offence and defence

3

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

3

to attack; to assault; to assail

3

to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

1

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

1

comprehensive; composite; all-embracing

1

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

2

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing

1

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

4

attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of

1

to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

1

balance

2

according to plan; as planned; on target

1

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

1

to gain in skill; to improve; to get better

1