jpdb beta

introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation

2

way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

1

cavity

1

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

1

long distance; long haul

1

whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams

2

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

1

contrastive conjunction (but, however, etc.); contradictory conjunction

1

friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides

1

difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect

1

to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

2

to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected

1

firefight; gun battle; shoot-out

3

tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

2

port (side of a ship)

1

detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking

1

space; interval; space character; whitespace

1

coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane

1

bullet (from a rifle)

1

to break through; to penetrate; to pierce

1

grain (of wood)

1

coming alongside (a boat, pier, etc.)

4

fixing a bayonet

2

final scene; the end; finale

1

bayonet; guns and swords

1

short spear

1

side; flank

2

to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)

1

to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone

1

bulky; massive; thick; heavy

1

lumber; timber; wood

1

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

1

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

1

iron

1

gun barrel

1

in a line; in a row

1

to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed

1

thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder

1

thunderous roar; roaring sound

1

to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst

1

severe earthquake; violent tremor

1

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

1

opposite side; opposition

3

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

1

shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word

1

to gulp down (a drink); to slurp

1

waterpower; running water; falling overboard

2

crash into; clash

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