jpdb beta

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

2

lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

6

physical strength; muscular strength

1

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

1

to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out

1

food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

2

way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment

1

to hit hard; to strike hard

5

impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock

2

to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand

4

to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

1

rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish

2

lump of earth; clod

4

to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

2

sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; eye poke (in combat sports); eye-gouging

2

coming flying in (of migratory birds, airborne sand, etc.); coming by airplane

4

to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down

2

kick

3

to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

3

to be smashed up

4

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

2

to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve

1

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

2

(hand) weapon; (arch.) one's forte; (arch.) one's special skill; (arch.) weapon one is skilled in using

2

to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

16

defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

1

good opportunity; chance

1

impatience

3

another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking

1

before one's eyes

4

invisibility

4

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)

7

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

5

to come into being; to be born

2

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

2

obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days

3

to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project

1

the (four) limbs; arms and legs

2

to twine around

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

1

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

1

to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

3

(in) the air; midair; sky

1

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

3

(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene

1

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

characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-

1

(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream

1