jpdb beta

change of course

4

shrewd; astute; cunning; alert

1

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

1

belatedly; though a little too late

2

scarlet; cardinal red

1

single story house

1

blacksmith's workshop; smithy; forge; foundry

2

to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)

1

mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation

1

joy; pleasure; delight

1

to hit repeatedly

1

putting into operation; invocation

1

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

2

calamity; disaster; misfortune

1

having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit

1

rescue operation; aid operation; rescue work

2

to diminish (dampen) the spirit

1

enemy (soldier)

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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

free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling

3

to go easy on someone; to be easygoing; to be lenient

3

(verbal) tit for tat

1

to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise

1

reinforcement

4

daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough

2

(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look

2

to watch for an unguarded moment

1

fool; idiot; moron

5

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

2

upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor

1

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

4

drawn sword; naked sword

4

weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight

2

(cocktail) shaker

1

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

1

to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess

1

(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

2

pale blue-green

1

obsidian

1

belligerence; fighting spirit

3

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis

1

long life; longevity; long-lived; long-running (e.g. TV program)

1

in one's lifetime; (while) in life

1

peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky

1

to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

1

check; restraint; oppression; repression

1

protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication

1

miracle; wonder; marvel

4

compassion; affection

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