jpdb beta

group; mass

9

stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison

11

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

1

to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to

1

each individual; each person

1

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

5

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

3

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

3

words of praise; eulogy; compliment

3

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

1

tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings

4

small; compact

1

secret; private; surreptitious

2

optimism

1

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

1

oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha

2

decision; determination; resolution

2

to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with

2

to grin

1

to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

1

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

3

pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"

1

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

1

pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

1

to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

1

to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around

2

(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

1

to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike

2

particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest

1

favorable; favourable

3

to join hands (with)

1

a little more

1

to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on

2

unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

2

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

1

to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp

1

afterword; postscript

3

one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around

2

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

3

nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?

2

it's been a long time; long time no see

2

be; is

1

although there are many of them

1

to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate

1

(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing

1

mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (esp. in an online game)

1

creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

2

first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person

1