jpdb beta

elbow

1

fulcrum

1

change; conversion; transformation; transformation

1

swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing (boxing); swing

1

beckoning

1

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

1

duty; obligation; responsibility

1

hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm

1

practical skill

1

with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly

1

to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

3

to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip

2

single edge (e.g. sword blade)

1

use; service; purpose

2

horseback; riding

3

to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

2

emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

1

diverse; varied

1

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

1

to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other

1

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

1

to become inverted; to become reversed

1

sickle-shaped; falciform

1

Sabel (surname)

3

if you do this; if this is the case

1

centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

sword dance

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

1

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

1

incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting

1

charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

1

depending on; dependent on

1

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)

1

theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

1

training school

1

running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry

1

reward; prize

3

(it won't be possible) on such short notice

1

this evening; tonight

2

national border; provincial border

1

involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation

1

counter for horsemen

2

Charles

14

while passing each other

1

hey there; I say; see here

1

outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs

1

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

1

quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

2