jpdb beta

to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

3

to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out

1

mere; only; just; slight

2

moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time

2

stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough

1

to stare back (at); to glare back

2

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

3

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

2

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

4

to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of

1

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

1

memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

1

bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)

2

to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

3

to blank out; to panic

1

side step

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

2

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

2

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

4

to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on

2

to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)

3

addition; annexation; appendage

1

to blaze; to burn brightly

6

dropkick; flying kick

2

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

4

sound of an explosion

2

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

3

head; cranium; cephalic

2

to burn out

2

kick

1

twitching

1

convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit

1

safety; security

3

to blow off; to be blown off

1

to squat; to crouch

1

handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)

1

aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell

1

conviction; belief; confidence

5

tension; mental strain; nervousness

2

thread; yarn; string

2

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

1

weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend

1

to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)

1

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

3

blinking (in surprise)

2

blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

2

as if nothing had happened

1

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

2

whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic

12

not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe

1