jpdb beta

before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously

3

desperation; struggle to the death

3

willpower; energy; vitality

3

calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind

1

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

3

sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute

5

to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains

1

assertion; declaration; affirmation

2

real intention; true motive; true meaning

2

to pretend; to feign

4

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

3

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

4

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

3

to keep watch; to stand guard

2

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

1

to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

1

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

6

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

9

perfect; complete

3

to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

2

delight; great joy

2

beyond one's control; nothing one can do

4

to clench (one's teeth); to grit; to set; to clamp

3

scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

4

to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

2

loser; defeated person; the defeated

2

to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

2

sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope

1

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

5

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

1

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

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

1

chatter; idle talk

1

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest

2

to stagger; to stumble; to waver; to be in two minds; to have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)

2

telephone (device)

2

call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)

1

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

2

(telephone) receiver

6

to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover

1

crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility

2

operator (e.g. telephone)

3

foul-mouthed; foul (language); abusive; greedy; gluttonous

1

to shout at

2

temper; irritability; fit of anger; tantrum (esp. of children); temper tantrum

2

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

15

lost article; thing left behind; leaving something behind; forgetting something

1

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

3