jpdb beta

for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

1

simple and clear; plain and simple

1

such; like that; in that way

3

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

1

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

2

encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)

1

to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil

1

oil

3

to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)

2

commotion; stir

2

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

17

covering; protection; backing; relief

3

to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone

2

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

1

offense and defense; offence and defence

1

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)

6

power; might; authority; influence

1

just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally

1

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

5

back of head

2

arrowhead

4

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

2

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

1

offensive (movement); aggression

2

to stick it out (until the end)

2

to use up all one's strength

1

to be smeared; to be covered

3

cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

1

any number of times

1

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

2

loud laughter

2

to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

5

damage; injury; loss

2

fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)

1

blow; shock; strike; batting

1

future; distant future

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

4

to be shrouded in mist

1

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

7

going around; patrol; round; tour

1

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily

4

this evening; tonight

1

under cover of night

1

to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer

1

scouting party; patrol

1

scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick

2

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

5

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

2

to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

1