jpdb beta

to fight against; to oppose; to face

1

had better ...; had better not ...

9

excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

3

splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent

1

preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

1

to exchange; to replace

2

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

4

to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable

1

to abandon; to give up on; to desert

1

gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester

1

to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off

1

rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism

1

vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

1

to praise (someone of lower status); to extol; to applaud; to esteem

2

to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire

7

to spit out; to eject; to dump

1

unnecessary; unneeded

1

that is; namely; i.e.

1

to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy

1

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

3

always; constantly

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

you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you

16

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

2

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

2

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

1

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

1

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

6

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

1

mother

7

even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing

3

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

4

to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

1

conviction; belief; confidence

4

oneself; one's body

1

greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse

1

as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be

1

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

2

sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet

1

playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

1

to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to

1

to be a matter of life or death

4

that's a different matter; that's a different story

1

being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment

1

sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration

2

ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

3

one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

4