jpdb beta

political opponent

1

oppression; suppression; pressure

1

to devour; to bite to death

1

loyalty; faithfulness

3

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

3

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

1

to occur; to happen

2

flight; desertion; escape

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

6

to check through; to thoroughly investigate

1

most important

1

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

2

to put into effect; to put into practice

1

father

10

growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing

2

old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded

1

exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of

7

shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom

3

idealized image

1

serious crime; grave sin; mortal sin; deadly sin

1

whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

6

tar

2

black (colour, color)

1

bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat

2

being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)

1

to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

11

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing

2

oral; in the mouth

2

capsule

4

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

1

to swallow; to gulp down

1

breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening

2

tactics

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optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary

2

coordinate; coordinates

8

in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

6

elementary; basic; rudimentary

1

simplification

1

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

1

putting into operation; invocation

5

crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)

2

(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

4

free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control

1

to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew

1

superhuman feat; consummate skill

1

footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)

1

heyday; golden age

4

reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating

4

burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong

2