jpdb beta

to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

2

offense; offence; method of attack

1

equilibrium; balance

2

gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse

3

ah; oh; hey!

5

to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with

4

clothes

1

to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around

3

to burn; to get fired up

3

pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

11

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

15

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

5

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

3

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

8

to knock down; to knock out

3

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

2

aim

2

to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

2

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

1

shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try

2

to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

1

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

6

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

1

sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen

9

right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing

4

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

1

to stick into; to pierce; to run into

3

to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

2

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

1

the scruff or nape of the neck

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

2

chance; opportunity

6

to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

1

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

1

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

1

to tear off; to rip off

7

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

1

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

6

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

3

blood

5

cheek (of face)

5

to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

1

to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

2

coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK

3

limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

1

to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down

2

dry wind

1

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

6

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much

4