jpdb beta

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

3

something (or other)

4

whispering into a person's ear

1

uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

1

strategy meeting; council of war

1

all you want; as much as one wants

1

to do

1

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

1

rear guard

1

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

2

to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

5

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

3

not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

to dodge; to evade

1

to cut at; to slash at

2

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

3

to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of

1

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

4

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

3

tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

1

to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

1

rubber ball

1

to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

1

to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)

1

while; during (the time when)

2

cushioning; packaging

1

quick-wittedness; tact

1

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

1

looking away; looking aside

1

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

3

back; rear; background; behind the scenes

5

edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)

12

to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

2

joint (knee, elbow, etc.)

1

upper body

1

to bend; to warp; to curve

1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

3

to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)

1

the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

1

to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

1

young girl

2

I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason

2

real time

1

tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling

2

twice; again; second time

1