jpdb beta

just a little

1

to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)

1

eavesdropping; tapping

2

bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)

1

a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

1

timewise; temporal; chronal

2

to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

6

dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove

1

trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

3

to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize

1

person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

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(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality

2

first-class goods

1

reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

1

very; much; greatly; a lot of

1

imperial princess

2

imperial family; royalty

1

powerful medicine; strong poison

1

recreation; diversion; relaxation

1

payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

1

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that

1

flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick

1

to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

2

someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

1

poacher

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without permission; without notice

1

in all directions

1

diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction

2

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

1

appearance; arrival; make one's appearance

3

commission system

1

to explain the situation

2

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

2

conscious; deliberate; intentional

1

pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern

2

long handle; long-handled spear; long shaft

5

entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

1

making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure

1

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

4

déjà vu

2

capitulation; surrender; submission; yield

1

hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

1

to be opposite; to face each other

1

gradually; slowly but steadily

1

ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand

1

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

1

to escape from; to get out

1

to roll up; to be rolled up

1

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

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