jpdb beta

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

4

3rd day of the month; three days

1

mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

1

to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over

1

to burn

1

condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

1

same as above; ditto; ibid.

1

that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

3

to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of

2

to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself

3

to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

17

exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose

1

order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words

1

to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far

1

cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet

1

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

1

to lose one's senses; to go mad; to go off the rails; to fool around; to mess around; to lark about

2

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

3

notorious; famous

2

bounty hunter; bounty hunting

2

some people; a number of people; several people; a few people

1

missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

1

disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry

4

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

7

interruption; interference; butting in

1

killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

1

chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

4

to go back to square one; to make a fresh start; to be back where one started

1

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

2

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

6

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

1

decapitated head of an enemy

1

otherwise; or else; if not

1

to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern

1

to harvest (a crop)

1

limit; bounds

3

to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire

2

bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

2

to become widely known; to become well-known; to spread (of a rumor, reputation, etc.)

2

to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed

1

(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this

2

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

laughingstock; butt of ridicule

1

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

3

difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

1

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

5

to spend time (on doing something)

1

the very best; utmost

1

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

4