jpdb beta

scythe

3

jail; gaol; prison

1

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

1

ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage

1

shape; form

1

specialized weapon or skill; specialised weapon or skill

1

test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

1

to blaze up; to burn up

1

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

1

highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)

1

to unfold; to unroll; to open

1

sword play; samurai drama

1

admiration; wonder; astonishment

1

equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)

1

to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

2

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

2

even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that

1

I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

1

no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

2

foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone

2

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

1

despair; hopelessness

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

2

cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision

1

to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen

1

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

1

fragment; piece

1

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

1

full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)

1

player (of a sport); athlete; team member

1

if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...

1

(one's) seated posture

1

to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question

1

manners; courtesy; etiquette

1

your body; your health; yourself; you

2

loss of memory; amnesia

4

to sign a contract

1

to fear; to be afraid of

1

ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

1

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

1

history

1

to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)

1

boredom; ennui

1

to comfort; to console; to amuse

1

being ...

1

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

1

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

1

earthquake

2

surface of the earth; ground surface

1