jpdb beta

brute; savage; fiend

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

3

to do as one wishes; to act as one wills

1

overlooking; turning a blind eye

1

to meet face-to-face

1

to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

1

meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

2

to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

1

(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain

1

punishment without a legal trial; vigilantism

1

individual; private person; personal; private

4

it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

3

changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)

1

attachment (esp. to things); love; affection

1

revolt; rebellion; war

2

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

8

honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

2

to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

1

attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance

4

bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer

3

high; high school

2

in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

1

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

1

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

13

one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month

1

favorite; favourite; habitually used

2

to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

2

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

3

to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)

1

several people; some people; a few people; a number of people

5

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

1

reduction by half; halving

2

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

2

to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw

2

to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear

2

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

3

several types; several kinds; several species

1

old soldier

2

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

2

spearhead

1

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

2

to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet

3

spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

3

several steps

4

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted

1

glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble

1

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

2

dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove

3

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

9

tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead

1