jpdb beta

divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual

2

disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving

2

to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)

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roof

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)

2

cutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two

1

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside

1

start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

2

structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

4

continuation; succession; series; continuous

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paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another

2

hardness; stiffness

1

spark

2

orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course

4

to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent

3

bull's-eye; object of desire; most-coveted goal; male crotch (as a target in fighting); the jewels (as in "kick him in ...")

4

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

1

to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)

2

sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; eye poke (in combat sports); eye-gouging

2

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

1

ant

4

word; remark; statement

1

person who is ...; thing that is ...

1

evident; plain; distinct; clear

3

to wring the neck; to strangle

1

to fight with swords; to cross swords

1

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

2

hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail

1

minimum; at the very least

2

optimization; optimisation

1

sword strike; sword slash

2

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

4

gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse

1

to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

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trunk (of the body); soma

1

gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)

1

pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course

1

overhand grip

1

rear; back; behind

3

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

2

to dye; to colour; to color

1

sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment

1

to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled

1

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

1

swallow in flight

1

secret swordsmanship (of a specific school); secret traditions of fencing

1

quickly reversed cut (sword technique); swallow counter (judo technique); swallow flight reversal; swapping one's hand with the bottom row of the nearest wall (cheating technique); completing a hand with an opponent's discarded riichi tile

1

intuition; instinct; hunch

3

innumerable; countless; numberless

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