jpdb beta

(with a) start; fright; alarm

1

with a start; with a jump

3

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

2

to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered

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fizzlingly; sputteringly

1

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

1

to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)

1

reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)

1

to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize

2

just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally

1

root of a tooth; fang

2

to fall on one's backside

1

to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

1

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

1

to let spoil; to leave to rot; to cause to rot; to discourage; to dishearten

1

ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines

1

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

1

to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate

2

butter

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thickly; stickily; viscously

2

to dissolve; to melt

3

blow; hit; stroke

2

stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness

1

release; emission; ejection

1

slowly but steadily

1

incontinence

1

to bite and tear; to bite a hole in

1

(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind

1

to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind

1

madness; insanity

4

gold dust

1

spiral; helix; screw

3

to be sacked; to be dismissed

1

parabola

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lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)

1

end of life; death; annihilation

1

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

1

squashed; crushed

1

to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

1

to behead; to decapitate

1

revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration

5

to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance

1

to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

1

to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

1

exceedingly; very

1

to run around; to bustle about

1

monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

1

attack; charge; raid

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exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal

3

to take by surprise

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