jpdb beta

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

12

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

1

fundamental; basic

5

term of office

1

device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity

3

end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

4

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

8

an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable

2

hypothesis; supposition; assumption

1

contradiction; inconsistency

3

or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other

2

more than expected

2

insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence

1

to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips

1

heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength

1

reality

2

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear

3

to have a talk; to tell a story

8

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

3

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

1

to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with

1

maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling

1

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

2

major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued

2

the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

4

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

1

moment; brief space of time

1

lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)

1

starting line; starting point

1

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

4

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

antiquity; the previous era

2

ten years; decade

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

9

to examine someone's expression

3

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

3

huge; big; gargantuan

8

to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions

1

secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

4

subjective

1

to this extent; to this degree; this much

2

to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on

1

premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

2

some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

2

roots

1

gulpingly; in one gulp

2

saliva; spit; sputum

3

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

11

to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

1

hint

1