jpdb beta

disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

1

meandering; snaking; zigzagging

1

a gap develops; a significant difference emerges

1

acute angle

1

corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department

5

to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over

2

fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)

1

exit; way out; outlet; vent

1

beyond that point; after that

1

to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it

1

defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)

1

change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

1

to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down

2

neutralization; neutralisation; neutralization (e.g. of a poison); counteraction

3

to sink (into); to get depressed

2

180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)

1

using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on

1

advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person

1

buoyancy; floating power

1

gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

1

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

1

to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove

1

side; lateral direction

1

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

1

to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together

2

flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

1

involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously

1

the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

2

I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)

1

when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

1

surgery; surgical procedure

1

crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm

1

to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade

1

to run down (stairs, etc.)

1

waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening

1

to be hazy; to be misty

1

to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

1

undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy

1

to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)

1

hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary

2

foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent

1

how long; how far; how much

2

to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged

1

back of head

1

dull pain

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

1

faint; fainting; losing consciousness

1

lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up

1

going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

1

to push back; to press back; to force back

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