jpdb beta

tactics

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gusher; spout; outpouring; effusion; torrent

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to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting); to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

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rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)

2

resistance

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to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

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to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

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right about-face

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to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps

3

to run down (stairs, etc.)

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falling down one after another (like dominoes); toppling shogi pieces (lined up in a row)

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disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident

1

vexing; irritating; impatient

1

small number of people

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as; because; with; due to

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feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace

1

shout; yell; scream

1

to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over

1

to cut down; to chop down; to fell

1

to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

1

white flag; truce flag; surrender flag

4

human; humane

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missing; lacking

2

tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice

1

to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge

1

to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

1

to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

1

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

2

to throw away

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without thinking of the consequences

1

to blow off; to be blown off

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to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered

2

to surge; to well up; to gush out

1

violent emotion; passion; fury

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sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

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to that extent; to that degree; so much; so

2

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

1

to detain; to check; to restrain

1

to grow hoarse; to become husky

2

to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage

1

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

1

halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

4

firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc.; in front of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy)

1

usurpation; taking back; dispossession

1

bridgehead; beachhead

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to check (in chess); to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody)

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

2

generous; unstinting

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dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

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