jpdb beta

to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to

3

tail (animal); tail end; tip

3

gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor

25

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

1

pass (e.g. backstage pass); permit (to pass or travel); laissez passer; passport

3

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

1

faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction

2

to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

1

to insist on; to persist in; to be obstinate

1

hitting; battering

1

numb; insensitive (e.g. to pain); apathetic; insensitive; indifferent

1

disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

2

to run off; to break into a run; to start running

1

to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath

5

involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation

8

to lose consciousness

4

front tooth

1

sea or river bottom

1

repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly

1

water's surface

1

to feel relieved

1

pain

1

dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration

2

to have an eye on; to zero in on

3

pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

5

to swell up

2

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

2

confession

1

capital; funds; seed money; asset

2

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

1

torture

2

innocent; blameless; guiltless

1

area; domain; territory; field; range; region

1

to be of no importance

1

to steal or sneak or slip into

1

short blade; small weapon; epigram; pithy saying

1

Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo

1

not budging an inch; to stand one's ground

1

to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)

1

ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank

1

halo

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

3

counter for questions

2

listening; hearing

1

explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling

1

studies; schoolwork; classwork

1

one time (place)

2

preliminary investigation; preparation

1

hardships; toil; trouble

5