jpdb beta

don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me

1

seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

2

(fine) art; the arts

1

to beat to death; to kill

1

bitch; wench

2

a period (of time)

1

to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about

1

visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern

4

to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close

1

anyone and everyone; anybody at all

1

to pick a fight

1

nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib

1

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

4

person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer

1

unless one ...; if one does not ...

2

to make a fool of someone

2

in being immobile be like a mountain (from Sun Tzu); being imperturbable; immobile like a mountain (from laziness, etc.)

1

unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty

1

shut up!; be quiet!

2

vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

2

seedy-looking; thin

1

four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)

1

poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

14

harsh; severe (e.g. criticism, verbal attack); sweeping denunciation

1

quarrel; dispute; argument

1

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

1

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

4

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

2

abstract painting

1

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

6

technique

1

cruelty; hard-heartedness

2

being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)

2

masochist; masochism

4

fool; idiot; simpleton

8

for your information; I'm telling you

4

to be saved up (of money)

3

size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

1

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

4

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

10

atonement; expiation

2

to get tired out; to be exhausted

4

assistance; aid; support

1

rich person

1

family lineage

1

upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite

1

pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting

1

straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

1

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

2