jpdb beta

cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required

5

large-scale

2

genus; generic

3

time passes

5

gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse

1

base of the throat; bottom of the neck

8

labor; labour; manpower; working force

5

we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)

5

willing to do; prepared

1

lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)

1

first step

2

New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world

4

one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)

1

boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)

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ignorant people

3

weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)

1

I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words

5

short and stout; small but wide around

7

crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound

7

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

8

recklessness; daredevilry; rashness; (arch.) long-lasting

4

noise

4

clipping (audio); crackling (noise); breaking

1

failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

3

to be badly made; to fail

2

two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle

1

predictable; repetitive; being in a rut; set in one's ways

1

flight control system

1

brain waves; electroencephalogram; EEG

1

imitation; copying

2

command input

1

fighting game (usu. one-on-one)

2

punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact

5

kick

3

to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab

3

crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

1

sword; blade; single stroke

6

completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...

1

stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor

1

eating in one bite; sexual intercourse

1

crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult

1

very careful; thoroughly prepared

2

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

2

to cut down; to chop down; to fell

7

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

5

to cut at; to slash at

1

splendid; magnificent; gorgeous

6

to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation

1

to fall down; to drop

6

to jump upon (a moving object)

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