jpdb beta

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

1

this and that; this or that; one thing after another

2

eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

4

to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

1

surgical method; operative method; surgical technique; technique; mechanism of a jutsu

30

sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

3

sense of smell; olfaction

2

to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade

1

to plunder; to grab; to snatch

5

small; fine; detailed; stingy

1

to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do

3

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

3

to dodge; to evade

1

physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling

1

smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd

2

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

1

attachment (to); tenacity of purpose

2

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

3

long and large; tall and large; grand; huge

2

to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily

4

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of

1

to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside

1

cheating each other

1

the last moment; the very end

2

imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry

1

flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange; (one's) skin color; skin colour; skin tone

1

shudder; shiver; trembling with fear

2

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

2

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

2

just; right; pure; genuine; truth

4

before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

3

falling rocks; fallen rocks

11

metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

1

Giedt

331

philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view

4

inhabiting; living

8

every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of

3

Dragonslayer

1

special; exceptional

1

to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

1

layer

213

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

1

(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)

1

self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

1

unfortunately; regrettably; sad to say

1

cavity; hollow; cave; hollow

4

headquarters (on the battlefield); direct retainer of a shogun (Edo period); shogunal vassal; hatamoto

1

steel; sword steel; sword

3

acquisition; possession

2

undefeated; unbeatable; invincible

2