jpdb beta

elite; best; pick; cream of the crop

2

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

1

to tower over the surroundings

1

pale; pallid; bluish-white

1

arrow; wedge; chock

1

to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

1

to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

4

gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)

1

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

1

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

2

to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way

1

fight to the death; mortal combat; deathmatch

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

2

deliberate hindrance; obstruction

1

to intervene; to stop (something)

1

unarmed; without weapons

1

to not take seriously; to take lightly

1

to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet

1

barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear

1

karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper

1

with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly

1

to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for

2

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

1

to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead

1

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

1

throat; important part; vital area

1

to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon

2

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

1

(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

2

not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope

1

to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

1

to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed

1

to take to heart; to keep in mind; to bear in mind

1

neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing

1

seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will

1

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

1

holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner

1

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

1

long (time); protracted; prolonged

2

pitch-black; jet-black

1

metallic sound; metallic clank

1

youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

1

to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge

1

conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption

1

easy; simple; plain

1

to comb down; to smooth down

1

meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into

1