jpdb beta

maximum value

1

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

6

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

2

(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious

1

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

2

stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)

1

wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)

1

hanging upside down

1

state; country; nation

1

to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)

1

comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier

1

to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone

2

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

1

to clamour; to crowd; to jostle

1

one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line

1

long (time that has passed); old (story)

1

to become insensitive; to become less perceptive; to lose one's touch; to get out of practice

1

man among men; manly man; alpha male

1

imitation; copying

2

appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom

1

great speed; extreme speed; swiftness

2

gun point; muzzle

2

even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

1

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

3

blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment

1

flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move

1

dozens; scores of; decades

2

gliding (through the air)

1

shell; cannonball

1

main street; avenue; boulevard

2

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note

1

to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

1

sound barrier

1

cancer

2

this world; this life; world of the living

3

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

1

sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation

1

one-to-one; one-on-one

2

touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency

1

to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run

1

surface of a wall

1

stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

1

life

1

to meet; to greet

2

naturally; of course; understandably

1

one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt

2

hoe

1

loose; promiscuous; quick; brisk; rash; thoughtless

1

very large pecs (on a man)

1