jpdb beta

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

1

preservation; retainment; keeping

1

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?

2

favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)

1

as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly

1

self-introduction

1

Ihy

1

opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

1

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition

2

children

1

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

2

not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is

1

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

1

battle; fight; combat

1

scene; sight; scenario; setting

2

tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

1

same village; same town; same province

1

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

1

to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

3

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

2

feeler; tentacle

1

to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince

1

temporary

1

to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

1

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

1

substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)

2

to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

1

tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings

1

state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle

1

hand puppet; glove puppet

1

to jar; to creak; to grate

4

crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

3

little finger; pinky; little toe

4

somehow or other

1

to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

3

secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen

1

but; however; even though; even if

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

1

unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

1

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

1

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable

1

blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end

1