jpdb beta

beyond one's control; nothing one can do

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

recovery; rescue; recapture

1

just this side of; one step short of; on the brink

1

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

1

(so miserable that it is) painful to look at; painful to watch

1

source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis

1

joining a group

1

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...

1

intolerable; unbearable

1

suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between

1

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

2

thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

1

lamp; light

3

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

1

to be tinged red

1

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

3

creeping; crawling; sneaking

2

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

2

the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)

1

Mukougawa

1

to slip off

1

sense of security

1

to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)

1

feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles

1

upper half of the body; upper body

1

half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position

3

although I say; although one might say; although called

2

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

1

to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

2

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

2

companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

14

mysterious person

74

a find; windfall; bargain

1

to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

3

limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

1

to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire

1

reaction; response

1

if so; in that case

1

loss (of assets, profit, etc.)

1

out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly

1

remains; corpse; body

4

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

2

one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

2

mollusc; mollusk

1

to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn

1

wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)

1

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

1

to balance (oneself)

1

falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset

1