jpdb beta

cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

3

specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet

1

(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest

1

refreshment; something refreshing; welcome relief; tonic; refreshing medicine

1

The New York Times (newspaper)

1

Asian (esp. SE Asian)

1

The Wall Street Journal

1

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

2

warning; advice

1

encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation

2

to aim for laughs; to play to the crowd

1

prop; strut; becoming taut; tightness; thrust; slapping attacks

4

thought to be; seen as

1

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

6

clapping and cheering; applause

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

1

to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

2

going together

1

chance; opportunity

3

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

2

to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth

1

sly old dog; old fox

1

supremacy

1

gutsy; fearless; unwavering

1

integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis

14

life and death

1

cradle

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

3

tombstone; gravestone

1

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

8

passport

1

last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

2

hell

1

the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

3

paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

1

the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

1

departure from a country

1

stamp; sticker (in messaging apps); (large) emoji

1

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

1

eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

1

space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)

6

every night; nightly

1

bed

3

to keep crying

1

a certain ...

2

autumn day; autumn sun

1

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

2

this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

13

pretending not to know; feigning ignorance

1