jpdb beta

rapier

63

model number

2

Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe

2

along the road; along the way

1

way of dealing with someone; attitude

2

principle of laissez-faire

1

targeting; aiming at a specific target; selective hitting; swinging only at certain types of pitches; having no choice in a move (in mahjong, go, etc.)

1

emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)

1

humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)

1

direct-to-video movie

1

explicit knowledge

1

to be rearranged; to be moved (around); to be changed; to be replaced; to be exchanged; to be switched

1

moment; instant

1

sole of the foot

1

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

1

polygon

1

underside; undersurface; inferior surface

1

to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)

1

hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)

2

cotton gloves; working gloves

1

sounds good; sure thing; no problem

1

catwalk (narrow walkway above a stage, along the side of a bridge, etc.); (indoor) cat playground; cat shelves; catwalk (at a fashion show); runway

4

ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)

2

gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; stratagem; tactics

1

top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical

1

to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way

1

horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart

1

heavyweight class

1

straight-line stability (of a vehicle); directional stability; straight-line propagation (e.g. of light or sound); straightness

1

to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting

3

to get the hang of; to learn the secret to

1

perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem

1

white lily

1

robe; long garment

2

reclining seat

1

synthetic fiber; synthetic fibre; chemical fiber; chemical fibre

1

sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)

2

silver gray; silver grey

1

a day or two

1

frequent appearance; frequent occurrence

1

unreasonable idea; illogical plan; illogical move (in shogi or go)

1

face-to-face

1

mediator; go-between; middleman; broker

1

outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field

1

three words

1

bare hand; empty hand

1

coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting

1

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

2

to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic

1