jpdb beta

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

1

to knock down; to knock off

1

trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause

1

mere; simple; sheer

1

wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust

1

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

2

feelings; thoughts; meaning

2

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

5

accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right

2

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

5

to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish

5

departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

9

to begin shooting; to shoot out

1

atmosphere; air; magnanimous; generous; large-hearted

3

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

2

so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

1

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in

5

direct hit

4

play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack

3

genius; prodigy; natural gift

1

sniper

1

prize; award

1

wire

2

pendulum

1

to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

3

derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible

2

plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin

1

sea; ocean; waters

2

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

3

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

2

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

2

(direct) hit; hitting the mark

1

astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast

3

to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)

2

phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo

1

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

5

great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

1

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

4

really; truly

2

firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship

3

to be uncommon

1

(in) her way; peculiar to her

1

still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

2

gun barrel

1

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

3

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

6

right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)

2

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

1

four

2

to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far

1