jpdb beta

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible

2

to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match

2

in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; in a mumble; in a murmur

1

to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge

1

patience; endurance; perseverance

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

open-top car; convertible; soft-top; cabriolet

2

(a) row; line

1

defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

1

reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

1

opera glasses

1

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

1

driver (of a vehicle); motorist; screwdriver; driver (club); (device) driver

4

to smoke out (insects, animals, etc.)

2

departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal

1

succeeding; following; trailing; next

3

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

1

means of communication

1

deployment; spreading out; dispersal

1

weed

1

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

1

wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land

2

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

1

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

1

lead (Pb)

2

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

2

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

3

chicken; chicken game; chicken race

1

to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet

1

sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top

2

while passing each other

1

one's habitual behaviour (behavior); day-to-day conduct

1

magazine (for a firearm); cylinder (of a revolver)

1

to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

1

to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing

1

automatic

1

fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)

3

boastful; bragging; conceited

1

partly open; in half bloom

1

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

3

to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)

1

(sensory) receptor

3

change; conversion; transformation; transformation

2

fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success

1

to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)

1

system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type

2

stall; downturn; slowdown; slump

1

going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob

1