jpdb beta

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

4

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

5

tuberculosis; tubercule

1

thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)

1

restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization

1

pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting

1

substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial

1

training; drill; practice; discipline

1

experience

1

abundant; plentiful; rich; ample

1

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

1

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

1

dilemma

1

finishing blow; coup de grâce

1

root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

1

knife blade; sword blade

1

powder snow; powdery snow

1

to be smashed up

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

end; conclusion

1

obstruction; inhibition

1

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

1

to torment; to harass; to tease

1

excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

1

to put one's strength into

1

languid; listless

1

lead (Pb)

1

to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt

1

to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

1

confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

1

ruin; destruction; fall

1

small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

1

mere consolation; temporary peace of mind

1

probability; likelihood; chances

2

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

2

meaningless; pointless

1

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

1

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

2

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

1

to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business

1

I have nothing to do with it

1

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

1

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

3

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

1

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

1

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

2

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

1