jpdb beta

rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

1

attitude control

1

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

1

just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

1

predecessor; pioneer; ancestor

1

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

1

to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after

1

twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days

1

pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

5

increase

2

body (of a biwa)

2

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

1

unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy

1

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

2

tailplane; horizontal stabilizer; horizontal stabiliser

1

poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic

1

swimming; bathing; getting on in the world

2

spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)

2

(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

1

open-mouthed

1

oh; ah; I'll be darned

1

to fly in the sky

1

plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

1

to become used to seeing; to be familiar with

1

science fiction; sci-fi; SF

1

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

1

abrupt; sudden

1

to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

1

to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)

1

Skylon (spacecraft)

9

United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)

1

reaction; response; reaction

1

equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

3

rocket engine; rocket motor

1

within Earth's atmosphere; inner space

1

single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

2

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

2

mixture; impurities

1

space plane

4

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

2

cuttlefish; squid

1

rocket; locket

2

retreating figure; appearance from behind

1

trial stage; experimental phase; prototype stage

2

reentry

4

mesosphere

3

success; hit

1

gliding (through the air)

2

jumbo-jet

1