jpdb beta

flight; desertion; escape

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

1

request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

1

to bear fruit; to ripen

1

future years; in (one's) later years

1

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

8

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

1

government service; the bureaucracy

4

explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology

1

if; in case; supposing

1

being stark-naked; having no possessions; losing all one's belongings

1

failure; stumbling; setback

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

1

number of persons; personnel

1

revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing

1

to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back at; to retort

1

to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate

1

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

3

oneself; one's body

1

Surigao (Philipines)

1

channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait

1

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

3

limit; restriction

3

taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

2

to take hold of; to possess; to haunt

3

strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification

1

Yoshimi

2

many; numerous; various; large number of

1

greatest treasure; most valuable asset; pride (of)

2

human; human-like; as a person

1

attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently

1

Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 23-25, 1944)

2

to have a narrow escape from death

1

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

1

Nichols

7

any more; any further; any better; any longer

4

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

8

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

2

peril; danger; hazard; distress

1

exaggerated; overblown; pretentious

1

to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

1

to hear of; to learn of

1

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

1

military sword; saber; sabre

3

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

1

stone statue

1

trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering

2

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

3

standing in a row; forming a line; alignment

3

to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one

3