jpdb beta

scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick

1

dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish

1

unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

3

representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney

1

having a poor endgame; missing at the last turn

1

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

1

to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

1

unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

1

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

1

snail's pace tactics; walking extremely slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings; (lit.) ox walk tactic

1

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

2

accomplishment; execution

2

watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)

1

to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes

4

to stare in wonder; to be amazed

3

to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

2

to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

1

quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly

2

Madge; Maggi; Mudge

1

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

1

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

4

corner; nook; recess

2

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

1

joint (knee, elbow, etc.)

1

to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect

1

to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

1

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

2

to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

1

dependent on luck; matter of luck

1

battle; game; bout

1

is not; am not; are not

2

to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

2

deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn); stack; draw pile; tag verifying one has permission to take plants and trees from common land (Edo period)

1

astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

1

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

1

overhasty; rash; premature

1

open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent

1

to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

4

what would (you) do?; what to do about it

1

turn

1

in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

1

to guess; to estimate

1

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

1

plan; policy

1

thinking (about a matter) for a long time; contemplating for a long time; lengthy consideration; pondering

2

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

1

bang; boom; crack; sound of something exploding, bursting or cracking

1

which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

2