jpdb beta

bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency

3

second hand (of clock)

1

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

2

feeble

4

frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise

4

to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

2

ability; skill; facility

1

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

4

feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy

1

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

6

1,000,000; one million; million; many

3

to ring a bell

1

B; b

1

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

3

armor and helmet (armour)

1

criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender

1

Retsuka

2

gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)

1

to spread one's wings

2

fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor

1

tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

46

to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying

2

coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane

2

it may be because

1

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

2

in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious

1

ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat

1

to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

1

the sixth sense; intuition; hunch

1

change; conversion; transformation; transformation

3

among these; between these; of these

1

aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

3

superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman

1

improvement; reform

2

field; sphere; realm; division; branch

1

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

13

the former

1

the latter

1

style; form; pattern

1

thickness; profundity; depth

1

at least; at most; (even) just

2

stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)

6

carapace; shell; crust

9

urgency; emergency

3

riskiness; (level of) danger

5

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)

1

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

2

to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

8

fluent; smooth; flowing

1