jpdb beta

to be badly made; to fail

2

conquest; domination; mastery

1

masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

2

diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling

1

and yet; though; when; in spite of

2

great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

1

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

1

two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle

1

to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish

2

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

11

predictable; repetitive; being in a rut; set in one's ways

1

still (continuing); as ever; further

1

thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest

1

observation; survey; watching

1

flight control system

1

brain waves; electroencephalogram; EEG

1

thought; consideration; thinking

1

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

1

to some extent; to a certain extent

2

trace

1

support

5

reason; cause; circumstances

2

imitation; copying

1

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

2

for example

1

command input

1

technique; art; skill; move

1

fighting game (usu. one-on-one)

1

button (clothing); push-button

3

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

4

punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact

1

kick

1

extreme; extremity

1

adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach

1

carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)

1

to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

1

to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab

1

to have the nerve to

2

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

1

to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

1

elbow

3

right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher

4

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

3

crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

1

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

1

both knees

1

to cut at; to slash at

2

sword; blade; single stroke

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

2