jpdb beta

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

2

okay; sure; okey-dokey

1

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

8

Byerley Turk

5

bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel

1

feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection

1

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

7

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

3

to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from

2

don't you think?; indicates question

5

to fall asleep

1

one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength

1

means; is; as for

3

five; 5

3

taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

1

Cyclone Tasha

27

cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)

2

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

1

to refuse; to decline; to deny

1

that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

7

pebble

1

article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

2

there being no use in arguing (about it)

1

large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)

2

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

4

surface of a wall

1

prey; victim

2

signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move

1

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

3

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2

subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

1

four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips

2

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

3

-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)

1

obsidian

1

magic bullet; magic bullets

2

intercept; interception; counter-attack

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

8

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

1

first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

2

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

1

or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

2

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

6

treasured sword

1

thick; meaty; fleshy

1

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

3

to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

3

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

2

continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

2

most; extremely

1