jpdb beta

ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance

1

certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet

4

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

11

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

4

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

4

he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!

5

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

11

conviction; belief; confidence

1

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

5

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

1

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

9

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

11

to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

3

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

8

to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

2

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

1

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

2

beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing

1

breath; breathing; tone; mood

6

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

9

to vomit; to spit out

8

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

10

to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

3

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

4

every direction

5

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

14

behind; in the rear; in back

14

horizontal; level; even

1

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

3

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

1

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

4

angle

1

blow; hit; stroke

2

right side; style of Japanese court music

1

escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis

8

space (room, area, outer space)

3

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

5

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

3

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

4

to collapse into; to flop onto

1

to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

1

to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate

4

new; fresh; novel

3

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

3

wire; wire rope

6

to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel

1

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

23

spark

1

to scatter; to spread

1

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

2