jpdb beta

how; in what way

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solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy

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)

4

past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime

1

tactics; strategy

1

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

1

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

1

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

1

spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful

1

but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

1

powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

1

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

1

orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course

1

beyond; across; the other side; the distance

1

pain and itching; mental anguish; unhealthy emotions

1

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)

1

to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter

1

space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

1

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

1

to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

1

how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...

1

being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly

1

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

2

now is the time

1

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

1

scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

1

to unsheathe

1

short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō

1

ten (long cylindrical things)

1

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

2

to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

1

silence; stillness; quietness

1

oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

1

somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly

1

to boil strongly; to be excited

1

hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste

1

to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

1

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

1

sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

1

from there; thence

1

to go to see; to visit

1

almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time

1

to reject; to repel

1

high-pitched; shrill

1

metallic sound; metallic clank

1

collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict

1