jpdb beta

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

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fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

6

all; entire; whole; altogether

14

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

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hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter

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(Western) soup

6

fish

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flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

11

to fall down; to drop

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to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

1

order (for an item); request; demand; condition

3

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

3

yikes; oops; eep; wow

3

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

8

crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something

1

to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry

1

to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish

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newborn

2

small horse; pony; foal; colt; filly

2

tooth

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

2

tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling

2

to step firmly; to harden by treading

1

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

6

G; g; (acceleration due to) gravity; giga-; gravitational constant; gauss; general audience (film certificate)

1

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

3

race

2

though; notwithstanding; although

2

to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

1

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

3

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

3

to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop

2

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

3

but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

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so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

2

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

1

to employ; to hire; to charter

1

accept one who comes to you

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do not chase the one who leaves

1

already proved

1

powerful; strong

1

backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back

1

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

7

lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash

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participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest

1

to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself

11

goddess; female deity

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

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