jpdb beta

to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

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to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out

1

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

2

dusk; nightfall; twilight

1

one leap (i.e. skipping intermediate stages); one jump; one step; jumping (with both feet together)

1

buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

1

swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort

2

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

2

to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

4

to throw away

1

both feet; both legs

1

looking pale; looking unwell

1

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

1

seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

stamp (in Chinese martial arts); stomp

1

terrible; terrifying; dreadful; astonishing; astounding; staggering

2

upper half of the body; upper body

3

breastplate; chest protector; bib

2

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

1

Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

1

to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open

2

scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage

1

side; flank

1

to aim at

2

kick

2

to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

1

to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes

2

lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation

1

left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)

2

regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

1

master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts

1

completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success

1

another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very

2

(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly

1

one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good

1

cover; lid; cap

1

ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to

1

powdered; in powder form

1

highly concentrated; thick; rich; dark

1

being filled with; being full of; permeation

1

from the beginning

1

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

1

guess; conjecture

1

just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of

5

precisely because

1

bluff

1

locking

1

way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation

2

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

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