jpdb beta

straight line

1

the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass

1

shell; cannonball

1

kung fu

1

sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting

1

shape-of-the-mind fist; Hsing I Chuan

1

the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam

2

hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)

4

starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card

1

mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird

1

war cry; roar

1

sound of thunder; large, thunderous voice

1

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money

1

iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

6

stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump

2

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

2

intercept; interception; counter-attack

1

sweeping sideways; mowing down

1

means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty

1

attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

3

lower limbs; legs

2

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

2

explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring

2

half step; half a step

1

sudden peal of thunder; thunderclap

1

dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove

2

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

2

explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting

1

violent explosion; bursting

1

rib; frame (of a ship)

2

to smash; to break

1

internal organs; intestines; viscera

1

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

2

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

3

gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

1

to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother

1

to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward

2

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

6

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

2

virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless

1

temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)

1

revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization

1

head; cranium; cephalic

4

following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking

2

the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

1

serious; grave; dignified; solemn

3

a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period

2

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

6

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

3

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

2