jpdb beta

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

4

that came as a surprise; that was unexpected

1

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

3

to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

6

dramatic pose

1

mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door

4

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

1

at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant

1

weight; body weight; importance; weight; emphasis

1

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

3

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

3

to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained

1

enemy plane

2

getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

10

large; large-sized; large-scale; big

1

flying boat

8

maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile

5

sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji

4

soundprint; sound print; acoustic signature

1

analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse

8

identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

2

to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

1

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

2

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

4

fire; flame; blaze

1

to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

2

so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

1

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

11

ideal; ideals

3

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

2

he; him; boyfriend

10

calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation

2

lickety-split; quickly

3

to tell a lie; to fib

2

both parties; both sides

1

soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time

6

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

13

to settle (a dispute)

2

to knock (someone) off their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel

1

exaggerated; extravagant; overdone

2

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

2

battle; fight; combat

4

to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)

1

to look forward to

1

exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose

3

least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

1

at; in; at; when; by; with

3

war; battle; hostilities

1

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

5