jpdb beta

sword blade; knife blade

3

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

2

with a patting motion; lightly (tapping); (sticking) fast; firmly; sloshing (liquid); swaying

1

to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces

7

to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)

3

to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission

1

strange thing; odd thing; how absurd!; preposterous!

1

to leave unfinished

1

lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

3

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

3

windward; upwind

2

appeal; complaint

1

on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more

3

to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)

4

self-defense; self-defence

3

instinct

3

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

3

show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation

2

posture; position; stance

5

to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

4

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

7

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

1

bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)

2

attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)

6

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

1

one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing

4

unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely

2

training; drill; practice; practising; discipline

1

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

3

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

1

physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)

1

willpower; energy; vitality

6

cost; expense

1

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation

2

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

1

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

1

but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

6

-like

2

steel; sword steel; sword

2

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

2

night air; stillness of night; cool evening

1

to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh

1

smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious

1

reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect

5

himself; he himself

2

to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)

1

defense; defence; fielding

1

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

3

to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around

1