jpdb beta

face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

3

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

4

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

1

checkmate; mate

1

no way to do; nothing can be done

1

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

3

Persia

3

helping hand; help; support; aid

2

to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)

1

approval; endorsement

1

decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out

1

shooting down (an aircraft)

1

recoverable

1

looking away; looking aside; outsider's perspective; observer's view

1

to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off

1

miraculous; wonderful

2

(body) weight

1

physical strength; muscle strength

2

kinetic energy

1

extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious

1

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

1

mile

1

to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)

1

horse gait; way of walking (e.g. in martial arts, etc.)

1

to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious

3

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

1

unarmed; without weapons

1

in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but

1

to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

3

artery; arterial road; major route

1

tendon

1

languidly; loosely

1

to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant

2

face (of person)

5

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

5

in complete harmony

1

left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)

1

block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)

1

arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself

1

(even) a little bit

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

3

shape; form

3

loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

1

saber (cavalry sword); sabre

1

Florence (Italy); Firenze

1

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

1

cemetery; graveyard

1

to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin

1

clandestine meeting (of lovers); assignation; tryst; (lovers') rendezvous

1