jpdb beta

to spend time (on doing something)

1

obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check

1

disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation

1

forcibly; by force; against one's will

1

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

2

to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard

3

arrow; wedge; chock

3

to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut

1

very careful; thoroughly prepared

1

it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...

1

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted

1

acceleration; speeding up

1

every evening

1

to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

2

personal pupil

1

self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride

1

judgment; judgement; discernment

1

son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)

1

one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan

1

feeling keenly; fully realizing

1

justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation

1

one's principles and position

1

to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep

1

faltering; hesitation

1

tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer

2

bonbon

1

loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity

6

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

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

3

that in itself; as such

1

under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)

2

on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

1

equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

4

to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

1

regular army

1

stamina; energy; stamina-boosting (esp. of meat dishes containing raw egg yolks, garlic, Chinese chives, etc.)

1

to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort

1

to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded

1

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

2

to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

1

three sides; small offering stand

1

balance; equilibrium

1

confused fight; free-for-all; melee; dogfight; scuffle; rough-and-tumble

1

to slay; to cut down (a foe)

1

continuation of war, fighting or battle

1

desperate; hopeless

1

negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)

1