jpdb beta

tail (of an animal); tail end; tip

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putting into operation; invocation

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to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die

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one-to-one; one-on-one

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characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate

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also called

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sliding

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(senior player's) king; Ōshō (one of the eight major titles in professional shogi)

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each other; one another

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rook; hisha

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putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

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composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement

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to kill (with a weapon); to slay; to defeat (an opponent); to beat

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easy to deal with; tractable; manageable

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arithmetic unit

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spark

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frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully

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long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down

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lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

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second slash; second cut

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discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2); ejection; excretion

5

beheading; decapitation

2

dust

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stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

2

to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)

3

to slay; to cut down (a foe)

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steel; sword steel; sword

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to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)

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swordsman; swordswoman; fencer

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sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment

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chillingly; shiveringly; with goosebumps; uncomfortably; restlessly

2

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

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judo

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throwing technique; throw

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to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip

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to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)

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a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a

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heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength

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overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

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shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

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

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flight; flying; soaring

2

now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns

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to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself

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backward somersault; back handspring; backflip

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to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

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skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through

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to cry (noisily); to wail; to sob

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to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

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saw

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