jpdb beta

tomorrow; near future

9

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

5

not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

1

to race against time

1

to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly

1

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

1

to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

4

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

1

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

2

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

2

plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act

2

origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

1

to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

1

important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

1

unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

2

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

2

to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

2

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

1

anguish

2

the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

2

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

1

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

3

to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still

1

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

4

stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

2

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

3

astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

1

to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

2

facing upward

1

to collapse into; to flop onto

1

to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)

1

beforehand; in advance; previously

1

we

4

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

1

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

3

powerful; strong

6

magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell

38

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

3

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

9

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

2

sun

5

stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign

2

charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu

6

gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing

3

to breathe out; to exhale

1

willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord

2

burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong

2

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

4

both hands; both arms; ten

9