jpdb beta

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

2

shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade

1

skirmisher

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

2

given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

1

to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

1

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

2

brink; outer edge

1

to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

2

to water down; to dilute with water

1

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

1

lethal dose

1

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

1

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

4

return to one's country

1

want; shortage; famine

1

very; greatly; exceedingly

1

component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

1

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

2

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about

1

face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members

1

dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar

1

change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)

1

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

1

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

2

early (days); initial stage; initial

2

battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)

1

shogi; Japanese chess

2

piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

1

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

4

field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront

1

on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

1

by return; (call or write back) without delay; lapel; cuff; going back; returning; chorus

1

this is why; this means; it is the case that

1

a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

2

south side

9

to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

1

ellipse

1

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

2

small army force

3

targeting; aiming at a specific target; selective hitting; swinging only at certain types of pitches; having no choice in a move (e.g. mahjong, go, etc.)

3

encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement

1

to narrow; to contract

1

limit; restriction

4

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

1

in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

1

to win; to gain victory

6

exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin

1

balancer

1