jpdb beta

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1

hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)

2

kick

1

hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic

1

scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

1

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

4

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

2

to parry; to sidestep; to dodge

1

acute angle

1

to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike

1

second slash; second cut

4

keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation

1

art of sword drawing

1

to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

4

stopping just before

1

silk

2

damp; moist; (slightly) wet; quiet; calm; peaceful

1

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

2

stroke of sword

2

dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove

2

great sword; grand sword

3

graceful; willowy; lissome; soft and tender

2

tradition; convention

1

to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

3

to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)

1

to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)

2

to grasp tightly

7

feminine; womanly; female

1

frostbite; chilblains

1

flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating

1

warmth

2

to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)

3

having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled

1

temporary; transitory; short-lived

3

mother; wife

87

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

sadness; sorrow; grief

1

shy; diffident; retiring; reserved

2

to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away

1

old friend; old acquaintance

1

relation; relationship

1

fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck

1

question; query

1

kind person; warmhearted person; sympathetic person

1

nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents

1

to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)

1

rare; exceptional; extraordinary; unique; incomparable; unparalleled

1

ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself

1

convenient

1