jpdb beta

amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby

1

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

11

training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

1

troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying

1

oh!; oh?; my!

1

failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split

1

reason; logic; sense; truth; right

2

close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related

5

acquaintance; friend; familiar face

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

1

relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)

2

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

1

to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled

1

thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound

1

beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering

1

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

2

if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything

2

approximately the same

2

they; those guys; those fellows

1

to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

3

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown

1

comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly

2

good sense

1

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

2

skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

2

one (thin, flat object); one sheet

1

to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off

1

conscience

1

filthy; dirty (looking); drab

1

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

1

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

1

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by

1

division; section; classification; sorting; division

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

4

space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin

2

to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)

1

way (of doing); manner; method; means

2

battlefield; battleground

2

useless; worthless; silly; trivial

2

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

1

help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

1

survival; survivor; relic

2

to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

1

you could say; you might say; verging on the

1

sunlight; rays of the Sun

2

realism

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

5

to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off

1

foolish; stupid

1