jpdb beta

smile

1

to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

1

twosome; duo; pair

1

powerful; strong

2

exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of

2

bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique

2

flame; flame

1

with a bang; with a bam; with a wham

1

mirage

1

mist

1

thunderous roar; roaring sound

1

to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

2

to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up

1

contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features

1

offensive strength; offensive power; striking power

2

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

2

to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

1

astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

2

to open (one's eyes) wide

2

aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective

5

aqua

1

barrette; hair clasp; hair slide

1

how many; how old

2

Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)

2

elementary level; beginner level

2

threat; menace

1

dozens; scores of; decades

4

hysterical; hysteric

1

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

1

to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)

1

delay; latency

3

stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)

1

collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict

2

to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending

2

sphere; globe; orb; ball

1

despair; hopelessness

1

to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity

2

to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.); to go through

1

unnecessary; needless

1

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

2

advance; moving forward; progress

2

covering (a loss, deficit, etc.); making up (for); compensating (for); supplementation

1

partial destruction

1

somewhere; in some respects; in some way

1

to catch

1

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

2

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

3

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

1

truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

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