jpdb beta

denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)

2

one's long-cherished desire

1

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

3

dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

1

courage; nerve; grit

1

to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

9

sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar

3

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

2

to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance

2

hard to get; hard to come by

1

to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back

1

unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain

1

to shout at

3

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

strategy; artifice

2

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

one's every action; every single move

1

to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

1

offense and defense; offence and defence

1

must not; should not; do not

1

to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

4

of all things

1

with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill

1

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

1

very; much; greatly; a lot of

2

taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration

1

antipathy; prejudice

2

carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length

1

bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki

2

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

3

chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory

1

chat over tea

1

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

2

to move; to put elsewhere; to tidy; to put in order

1

to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

2

right foot; right leg

1

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

1

root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base

1

fall; drop; descent; coming down

1

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

6

human power; human strength; human effort; human agency

1

luminous point

1

biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)

1

critical

1

to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn

1

explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring

1

Morinaka

8

vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

2

storm; windstorm; gale

1

flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh

1