jpdb beta

willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition

2

wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

1

form of taro; yam

1

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

6

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

2

adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing

1

to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away

2

posture; position; stance

2

heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent

5

defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

2

to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter

4

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

3

order; directive; instructions; command

1

poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches

1

inevitable; necessary

2

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

1

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

1

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

1

the front; honest; upright; decent

1

to clamour; to crowd; to jostle

1

to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

1

condition; situation; prospects

1

reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)

1

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

4

short time

1

to think of; to come up with

1

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

2

reptiles

1

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

2

to grimace; to frown

3

to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for

2

unfortunately; sorry, but ...

2

very bad condition; (in) terrible form; serious slump

1

payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

1

fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material

1

sharp parting remark; parting threat

1

negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

4

to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

1

blunder; slip; error; error

1

to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

1

wariness

1

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

2

surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard

3

jump; leap; skip; bound

3

right behind; just behind; directly behind

1

close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

4

means; way; method; measure

3

to make a fool of (someone)

1

surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous

3