jpdb beta

target

2

serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere

3

if it is (the case that ...)

1

you could say that; that might be so

2

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

2

hostage

6

to stop (plug) one's ears

1

getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)

1

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

3

the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

1

force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party

3

free (of charge); gratuitous

1

to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away

4

in swarms; crawling with

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

1

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

1

god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

2

to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope

2

dashboard; dash

1

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

2

photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

18

to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself

1

calamity; disaster; accident

1

last days; the end; one's fate

1

operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

1

hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

1

phew; whew

2

being startled

1

shadow; tail; following

3

to telephone; to make a phone call

2

sound judgment; sane decision; act performed with a clear mind

1

followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

7

to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive

3

being in one's room (office, etc.)

1

speaker

2

infrared rays; infrared radiation

1

radiation; emission

1

equipment; device; installation; stage setting

4

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

3

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

2

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

2

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

3

company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)

6

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

2

to have one's neck wrung

1

it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

2

existence; possession; having; limited company

1

(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time

1

to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish

1

there is nothing; having nothing

1