jpdb beta

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

1

in order to do; for the purpose of doing

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

4

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

2

this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

1

to yearn for (someone, something); to miss

1

roar; howl; yell; bellow

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

5

chaps; skin fissure

4

to be smashed up

6

ten-odd; a dozen or so

5

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

6

dispersing; vanishing

2

to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in

1

comfortable; pleasant

1

despair; hopelessness

5

to bear; to endure

1

rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed

1

outward appearance

1

perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy

2

cunning; craft; wiles

1

to slide into; to slip into

2

nectar; sweetness

1

to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut

1

no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

2

plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation

1

at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

4

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

10

military affairs

1

submarine

1

sonar

6

(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)

1

hull

1

sound effects; acoustics

1

obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction

1

something like ...; something called ...

3

reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes

9

manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

1

orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course

11

stability; steadiness; equilibrium

2

flight feathers

1

acoustic material; acoustic absorbent material

1

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

1

porous; open (weave)

1

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

3

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

silence

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