jpdb beta

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

6

altogether; entirely

1

dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point

1

right about-face

1

detour; circumvention; turning movement

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

1

considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

3

moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing

3

sense of orientation; sense of direction

2

terrain; geographical features; topography

1

(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around

1

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

1

irritating; aggravating; upsetting

2

thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp

6

to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

2

endurance; perseverance; patience

1

to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out

1

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

5

wild rose; briar; multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora); baby rose; Japanese rose

5

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

1

much less; to say nothing of

2

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing

1

to mow down

1

to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry

1

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

6

long and narrow

1

to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out

1

shotgun

1

downtown

4

article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

4

sub; substitute; reserve; sub-

1

fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)

2

obstacle; hurdle

5

to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

6

sanity; consciousness; soberness

1

like; as if; the same as

4

bucket; pail

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

1

ice water; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

1

to pour on

2

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

2

construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation

2

dispersing; vanishing

1

without permission; without notice

1

flagrante delicto; caught red-handed

1

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

1

perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime

1

without penalty; acquittal; impunity

1

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

3

to think of; to come up with

1