jpdb beta

preferential

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passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage

1

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

1

(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency

1

hollow; sharply; cleanly (of cutting); smoothly

1

wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond

5

to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt

1

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

2

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

2

understanding; comprehension

1

obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)

2

ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

1

to send back

1

to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol)

1

body; body blow (in boxing)

1

course; route; path; process; means

1

one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke

1

in all directions

1

to draw a sword

1

kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords

2

combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

1

gentleman

1

to run off; to break into a run; to start running

1

strong arm

1

eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole

1

minced meat; ground meat

1

to slip through; to slip past; to evade

1

strong person; the strong; the powerful

1

to remember; to recollect; to recognize; to recognise

1

out of bullets

1

fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge

1

to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out

1

to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath

1

there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of

1

Development Department

1

old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned

1

clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another

1

blister

1

mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part

1

crepe de Chine

1

to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct

1

Leicester (Britain); Lester

1

square (shape); square (open space); formal; methodical; square (tool)

1

plaster; gypsum; calcium sulphate (sulfate)

1

restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion

1

creative power; creativity

2

hair ornament; headdress

1

three-pronged fork; trident; trifurcate; three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet)

1

long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears

1

human face

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