jpdb beta

still; as yet; as of old

2

(on the) verge of death

2

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

2

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

3

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

3

imagination; supposition; guess

4

worst; worst-case (scenario)

1

irritating; aggravating; upsetting

1

in great numbers

1

extremely; highly

1

universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous

1

(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly

2

to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

1

basis; foundation; grounds; authority

2

optimism

1

to comfort; to console; to amuse

1

having said that; on the other hand

1

medical science; medicine

1

knowledge; information

10

near; close; beside; third person

5

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

32

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

6

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

19

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

3

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

11

anything and everything; just about everything

3

starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus

1

expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

11

patriarch; head of a family

10

assassination

6

domestic animals; livestock; cattle

2

absolute monarch

1

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

5

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

5

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

1

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

3

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

5

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

2

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague

1

surface of a board or record

2

spacious; vast; wide

4

both parties; both sides

4

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

1

number; amount

5

shogi; Japanese chess

1

chess

1

tactics

10

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

2

substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute

6