jpdb beta

random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned

2

boxing

4

to plunder; to grab; to snatch

5

to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

1

to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant

1

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)

1

to suspect; to sense

1

term

1

battery; battery (pitcher and catcher)

1

piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

2

to behave modestly; to take a humble attitude

2

to manipulate puppets; to pull wires

1

(after) bouncing around from one place to the next

1

audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)

1

throne

1

positioning; getting a position; taking a position

1

damply; moistly; clammily; stickily

1

sick person; patient; invalid

1

pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition

1

robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion

1

evident; plain; distinct; clear

3

to overdo; to do too much

1

dilemma

1

if so; in that case

1

intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse

4

appearance; figure; shape; form

2

ways of sitting

1

to provide; to arrange; to install

1

mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization

1

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while

1

all together in a line; all together in a lump; dressed sloppily; inappropriately dressed for the occasion

1

one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

1

camouflage

2

safety zone; traffic island

1

to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

3

unbearable; intolerable; unendurable

1

to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

2

iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)

1

foundation; basis

2

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

1

high; high school

3

fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)

1

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

2

to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison

1

fin (e.g. of a fish)

6

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

1

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

3

as far as I know

1

ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual

1

to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape

1