jpdb beta

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

9

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)

4

root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

1

to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple

2

remote control; remote operation

6

combined use; using together (with); using jointly; using at the same time

1

shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection

1

technique; art; skill; move

4

to think of; to come up with

1

ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand

1

hunter; huntsman

5

transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)

1

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

3

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

1

(in) the air; midair; sky

2

to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)

1

pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead

4

throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

2

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

1

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip

3

windward; upwind

1

to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

4

to answer a question

3

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

1

fish

1

head; chief; boss; leader

8

gossip; corner of the mouth

1

to drool; to dribble; to slobber

1

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

1

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

8

killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)

4

failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)

2

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

12

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

9

subordinate; underling; henchman; minion

2

stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)

1

(very) cheap; (very) inexpensive; cut-price; bargain (price)

1

to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain

1

coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

3

internal conditions; true state of affairs

1

cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

4

to hide; to conceal

14

pouring; injection

2

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

1

pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition

2

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

6

thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off

1

liquid

3

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

2