jpdb beta

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

1

shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin

3

discovery; detection; finding

7

to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

4

land war

1

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

2

meaning; called; said

1

main battery; main armament

2

assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

1

tan (colour)

1

to stamp one's feet

1

blue sky

3

in all directions

2

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

2

off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory

4

floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)

1

to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone

2

shame; disgrace

1

front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan

4

cloud

9

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

2

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

3

dynamic lift; lifting power

4

propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement

2

rook

1

empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness

1

iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)

1

leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends

1

rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

1

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

2

here; with this

1

surfing

1

change of course

1

evasion; avoidance

2

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

8

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

3

cost

1

worry; fear; anxiety; concern

1

to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict

1

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

1

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

1

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

1

speed; velocity; pace; velocity

8

biplane

1

jet aeroplane; jet airplane

1

there being no use in arguing (about it)

2

blow; hit; stroke

2

bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)

2

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

1