jpdb beta

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

2

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

1

fatal wound

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

1

murder; killing; murderer

2

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

5

even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage

1

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling

2

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

2

bam; whomp; thump

1

armrest (of a chair); elbow rest

1

(body) weight

1

to slip down; to slide down; to glide down

1

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

1

history

2

very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)

2

strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements

1

to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

4

to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

1

killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends

1

to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance

1

natural phenomenon (phenomena)

1

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work

1

it seems that; as if

1

rather; better

4

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

3

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

1

refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly

2

to be harboured (of negative feelings or thoughts); to be rooted in one's mind; to coil; to curl around; to become tangled (e.g. of roots)

1

with a broad grin; smirking

1

leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning

2

life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

1

moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

2

infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)

2

way; method; means; resource; course

3

without

1

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

3

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

1

you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; a small sacrifice may be necessary to solve a more pressing problem

1

to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

1

penalty

1

bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent

1

front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

1

key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue

1

rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out

2

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

1

path to victory

2

consumption; expenditure; spending

1