jpdb beta

defensive-only

1

early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning

1

to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki

1

showering with blows

1

wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue

1

trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

1

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

2

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

1

paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis

1

(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp

1

to slip off

1

toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.

1

tank (of fluid); cistern; vat; tank (military vehicle)

1

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

2

fuel

1

to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

1

in the same way as; just like

2

outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)

1

cough; coughing; tussis

1

iron (content)

1

flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)

1

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

2

nimbly; lightly

1

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

2

pretending to know; claiming to have an answer

1

to be talkative; to have a glib tongue; to speak fluently; to be a good talker

1

status; position; method; way; rule; regulation

1

dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)

1

lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly

2

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

1

air hole; windhole; air vent; deep cave from which cold wind blows

1

mother of a holy person; Holy Mother; Virgin Mary; Our Lady

1

soft voice

1

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

1

quantification; expressing in numerical form; conversion to numerical form

3

huh?; what's up?

1

to have no chance (of succeeding)

1

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

1

raising (the standard)

4

premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

1

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

1

rite of passage

1

at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove

1

secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method

2

alone; by oneself; on one's own

1

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

1

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

1

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness

1

base of the throat; bottom of the neck

2

to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)

2