jpdb beta

ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat

1

finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

2

to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter

1

cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

1

(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

4

to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

1

turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)

1

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)

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hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

2

place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

1

from the beginning

2

to knead well; to polish; to refine

1

spiral; helix; screw

1

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

1

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

2

secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart

1

Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)

1

breathing exercise; breath control; spirit cultivation; chi kung; qigong

1

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

1

impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock

1

sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji

2

silence; stillness; quietness

1

sternum; breastplate; plastron

1

crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack

1

every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs

2

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

1

dispersing; vanishing

1

one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

4

to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack

1

the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

1

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

1

to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind

1

shaking violently

1

to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken

4

to fall flat; to fall face down

3

continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; follow-through (e.g. in archery); lingering affection; attachment

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

1

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

1

aggregate amount

2

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

3

severe; hard

1

to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow

1

carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)

1

incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal

1

one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing

3

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

2

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

1

to make a fist; to clench one's fist

1

the mind's eye

4

to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

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