jpdb beta

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

1

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

3

brilliant; bright; dazzling

1

dripping wet; soaked; drenched

1

to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of

6

tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

1

to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

1

favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet

4

crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe

1

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

1

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

1

misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness

2

spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge

1

concealment; suppression; hiding

1

to accuse somebody; to charge someone

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

4

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

1

suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression

1

(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow

1

various reasons

1

before now; hitherto

1

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

2

how many people; a number of people

1

family tree; pedigree; genealogy

1

demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move

2

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

2

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

1

complicity

1

to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express

3

barrier wall; bulkhead; partition; septum; diaphragm

1

inundation; submersion; flood

1

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

1

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

1

revival; restoration; resuscitation

2

original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

1

hush-up; cover-up

1

complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

in a bad mood

1

trait; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy

1

to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance

1

political opponent

1

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

1

insurance; guarantee

1

maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation

1

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

influential person; man of importance

1

eye-witness; witness

1

role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role

2

to volunteer; to undertake a challenge

1