jpdb beta

whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity

4

ability; skill; facility

4

and; although; but

2

encouragement; backing; reinforcements

1

common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling

5

to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

10

to get accustomed to using

2

consenting to; being convinced of; being satisfied; understanding

4

confrontation; showdown

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

6

scoundrel; ruffian; villain

1

rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

2

unable to accomplish

1

long-cherished ambition; satisfaction

1

lord; master

2

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

6

pluralizing suffix

1

desperation; self-abandonment

1

putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

2

sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)

3

to knock down; to topple

2

careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors

2

to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)

1

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

7

spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour

4

to laugh to scorn

1

phrase; strawberry

2

chivalry

2

hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs

1

laughingstock

1

power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

1

mockery; derision; ridicule

1

to put to shame; to humiliate; to disgrace; to rape; to assault; to violate

1

spoiled fun; loss of interest; damper (e.g. on the party); wet blanket; turn-off

2

belatedly

2

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

1

boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening

1

knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

9

mimesis; mimicry; camouflage

1

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

1

foolish; nonsensical; absurd; ridiculous; trifling

2

see you then; bye; ciao

2

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

1

to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending

2

to cultivate; to foster

2

particularly; only; in the case of

8

magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell

3

spell; charm; incantation; magic word

2

to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

4