jpdb beta

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domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

7

motive power; driving force

2

reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind

1

precisely because

1

achievement; performance; results; work; contribution

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

1

indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

1

Nichiren chant; (an empty) slogan

2

(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament

1

to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

3

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

3

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

2

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

2

to swim

5

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

5

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

1

to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction

1

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

7

to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

8

abstract

2

boisterously; roughly; briskly

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

9

expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

1

will; testament; last request

1

OK; okay

2

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

5

flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

1

riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit

1

three minutes

1

aim; goal; prospect; outlook

1

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

2

maneuvering ground; manoeuvering ground

1

to escape; to run away

27

to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

1

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

2

goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul

1

nape (of the neck); nucha

6

cocoon

10

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

2

interior; inside; internal

2

determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will

1

coffin; casket

2

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

1

perfect; complete

7

performing without rehearsal

1

chest; breast

11

hatch

29

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

5