jpdb beta

by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

2

to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse

2

wasp; White Anglo-Saxon Protestant; WASP

1

navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

4

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

2

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

1

troops; group members; team members

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

path of retreat

1

right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing

1

second

1

left; left hand side

1

platoon

2

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

1

hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

1

attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

1

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

1

toe; toe (of a golf club)

1

clock up

1

change

2

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

1

metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

5

although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

1

plural; multiple; several

1

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

1

portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)

1

Guha

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man; male; masculine gender

2

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

3

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

1

joke; gag

1

yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

1

on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with

1

cawing (of a crow)

1

cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry

1

uh-oh; oops; sorry

1

oops; that's enough (when pouring up alcohol, etc.)

2

one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime

1

which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

1

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

1

true character; real nature

1

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

1

encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

1

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

1

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

1

which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

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