jpdb beta

to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

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how (dare you)

1

stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

2

to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

1

to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

1

thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy

1

off-white

3

to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

1

dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point

3

bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste

6

to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

2

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

3

to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

5

emperor's meal

1

afternoon; p.m.

14

to wrap up

1

in the belly; in one's heart of hearts

2

personification; anthropomorphization

1

each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage

1

bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation; onlookers see more of the game than the players do; (lit.) people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead

2

ship's bottom; bilge

2

with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)

5

volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)

1

kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up

1

buoyancy; floating power

3

to tear off; to rip off; to peel off

2

to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

2

look; glance; sight; summary; list; table

1

mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends

1

one chance; only opportunity; maybe; perhaps; one-night stand

1

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

1

favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias

1

theoretical

1

to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)

3

intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)

2

bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

1

telescope (variety of goldfish); telescope eye; demekin

1

classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

3

one side

1

steering (of a boat); steerage

2

character style; character form

2

(computer) console; single console for multiple diving gauges

10

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

automation

1

crew

1

to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

1

ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman

3

window-side

3

less than ...; smaller ...

2

scrapped vessel

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