jpdb beta

defeat; loss; reverse; setback

1

murder; killing; murderer

6

antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling

1

parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

2

retort; back talk; backchat

1

distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)

1

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

king

1

extreme; extremity

1

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

1

important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency

1

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

1

major war; great war; world war

1

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

idealistic thought (argument)

3

asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible

1

mood

2

to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

6

Mr (junior); master; boy

25

(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)

3

drama; play; powerful drug

1

apology

1

splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent

1

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

5

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

1

Linde

4

impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

1

fabrication; pipe dream

1

moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing

1

heyday; golden age

3

draw (in competition); tie game

1

so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

6

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

1

for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)

2

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

2

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

1

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

1

to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

2

asking oneself

1

position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation

1

brink; critical moment

1

little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

1

heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

2

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

2

to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

1

a long time ago

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

1