jpdb beta

patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy

1

to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

3

to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

1

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

2

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

2

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

1

combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

6

hand-to-hand combat

1

ideal; ideals

1

mankind; humanity

1

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

1

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

1

theory

1

practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)

1

womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer

1

son of a bitch; piece of shit

2

that gentleman; that lady; he; she

1

misunderstanding

2

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

6

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

1

to be kind to; to treat kindly

1

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

2

preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery

1

frightening; terrifying

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

guppy

1

difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

2

uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless

1

lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness

1

lady-killer; philanderer

2

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

1

to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious

2

normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type

1

to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip

4

and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

2

other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for

1

each; every; all

2

expert

2

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

1

blister; corn

1

will not do; do not; does not

1

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

1

flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming

2

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

39

sword fight; sword play

1

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

1

just a little

3

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

2