jpdb beta

exception

4

accuracy rate

2

evasion; avoidance

3

earned run average; ERA

1

100 percent

2

piling up; multiple layers

3

ring

2

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

2

trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)

2

sword battle (staged for television, etc.); sword fight

1

acceleration; speeding up

4

to step firmly; to harden by treading

5

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

2

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

2

to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off

1

top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar

2

to cut off; to lop off; to prune

1

hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic

1

slash; slashing attack

1

to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)

1

half the body; half length

2

dark night; moonless night

1

pair; couple

1

afterglow

1

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

2

to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around

1

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

1

beheading; decapitation

1

to dance; to perform a dance

1

long ago; a long time ago; already

1

flash; instant; lightning (speed)

1

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

1

nonchalant air; unruffled air

1

to increase; to add to; to augment

1

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

2

to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

1

sense; infer

4

to open some distance (e.g. with other people)

1

fierce attack

1

shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum

1

to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock

4

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

2

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

3

physical strength; brute strength; arm strength

2

leg strength; walking ability; running ability

2

classic (work, esp. book); the classics

1

ring (shaped); circular

3

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

mechanism; organization; organisation

16

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

3