jpdb beta

leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing

1

piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles

1

vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

4

in good health; alive and well; going strong

1

guest

1

success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility

1

climax; uprush; bulge

1

heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever

1

to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)

2

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment

1

shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)

1

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

1

to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up

1

practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

5

edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)

2

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

3

cheerful; lively; lighthearted

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

4

thus; in this way

3

decisive battle; deciding match; play-off

1

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

2

heroine

2

leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

1

at the last moment; this late in the game

1

match; game; bout; contest

1

genius; prodigy; natural gift

5

style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

2

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

to show off; to flaunt

1

doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary

1

cannot possibly be

1

ordinary person; average person; mediocre person

2

to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)

1

to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

1

ostentation; display

1

motive; incentive; motif

1

to raise overhead

2

structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

3

in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue

1

holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner

1

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

1

skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

2

to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen

1

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

2

languidly; loosely

1

knife blade; sword blade

1

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

2

horizontal; level; even

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