jpdb beta

one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer

1

by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through

1

to raise the standard

1

to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good

1

order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence

1

bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki

2

rank; ranking order; hierarchy

2

first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)

1

designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

1

authority; power; influence

1

give-and-take

1

reciprocal relationship; mutually beneficial relations; relationship with benefits to both parties

1

original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal

1

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

1

rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts

1

reference; allusion

1

simple and clear; plain and simple

1

easy to understand

1

special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity

1

therefore; consequently

2

limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

1

direct

1

tool; implement; means; furniture

1

dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence

1

to establish; to formulate

1

to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

3

cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

1

power struggle

1

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

1

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

1

to cause casualties; to result in deaths

1

confronting directly; meeting face-to-face

1

lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger

4

to wear; to be dressed in; to have on

1

bull; ox; steer

1

threat; intimidation; menace

1

lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt

1

conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence

1

radiation; emission

1

body; frame

1

wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing

1

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

1

plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

2

dispersing; vanishing

2

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

2

losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent; losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard

2

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

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silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

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