jpdb beta

(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

3

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

1

description; describing; depicting

2

posture; attitude

9

to chase; to run after; to pursue

2

to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted

2

cornered animal; (lit.) cornered rat

1

(rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak; (drinking) in one sweep

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

2

so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much

2

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

2

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

3

nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

1

to pull down; to automatically debit (from a bank account)

1

lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt

1

Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)

1

to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in

6

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

1

tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

2

to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)

1

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

1

flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily

1

without a moment's delay

2

to bear; to endure

1

subterranean rumbling; earth tremor

1

to knock down; to defeat

3

to rise; to erect; to get up

4

raging fire; conflagration

1

gesture; gesticulation; motion

1

fist

3

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

2

elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance

1

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

1

both; both sides; both parties

1

armpit; axilla

1

certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly

1

jujitsu (classical Japanese martial art, usually referring to fighting without a weapon); jiujitsu; jujutsu

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

2

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

2

hawk; falcon

2

to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect

2

blow; hit; stroke

1

two shots

1

perfect; complete

2

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

boxing

2

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

1

by sheer strength; by brute force

1