jpdb beta

meandering; snaking; zigzagging

1

magic bullet; magic bullets

20

steep slope

1

to turn right; to turn to the right

1

backspin

1

solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout

1

reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating

1

all-out confrontation; total confrontation

1

reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy

1

receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)

1

nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable

2

simplification (character, hair-style, etc.); unbalancing an opponent

2

to precede; to forestall; to anticipate

1

direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation

1

to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best

3

seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent

1

to have time free; to have time to spare

1

supercompensation; overcompensation

1

tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent

1

the Sheep (eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Ram; hour of the Sheep (around 2pm, 1-3pm, or 2-4pm); south-southwest; sixth month of the lunar calendar

2

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

2

sure; yeah; I know

8

putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage

1

to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

2

flight; flying; soaring

5

four sides; all sides

4

madness; insanity; madman; mania; craze; obsession

2

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

3

assuming that ...; supposing that ...

1

to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)

1

hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail

1

prompt; immediate; in real time

2

old woman; joker (in old maid)

1

mad laughter; maniacal laughter

1

rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing

2

routine; routine duties; routine work; routine

1

to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

1

to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

1

right wing; right wing (of a bird or aircraft); right wing (of an army, building, etc.); right flank; right field; right fielder; right wing (in soccer, rugby, etc.)

4

precarious situation; precarious state

2

to lose one's energy; to be cowardly

2

being a mama's boy; having an (overly) strong attachment to one's mother; Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother

1

swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly

5

ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul

1

since then

1

three sides; three faces; page three (of a newspaper)

4

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

2

unlimited; unrestricted; limitless

1

warm colour; warm color

1

ornamental garden stone (placed to give a natural appearance); garden rock; sacrifice stones; sacrifice (of oneself, one's career, etc.); stones used in a foundation; riprap

2