jpdb beta

thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill

13

duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

1

potential

1

fighting spirit; (will to) fight

1

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

1

heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product

1

to be conceited

1

self-conceit; pride

3

to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki

1

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

1

compared with

1

reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

1

flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move

1

far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

1

intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)

1

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

1

combination; union; combined; joint; congruence

1

discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference

2

pointing out; identification

1

to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

1

conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion

1

(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

1

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

1

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

1

lower rank

1

the same rank; equality; apposition

1

to compete with; to vie for

1

synergy

1

morning; a.m.

1

because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every

1

faint; fainting; losing consciousness

1

versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing

1

three-way deadlock

1

opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke

2

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

1

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

1

seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting

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

1

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

1

greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)

1

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

1

fastest

1

to scatter; to spread

1

to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)

2

to relax; to make oneself comfortable

1

to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower

2

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

2

thread; yarn; string

1

extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd

1

precision; accuracy

1