jpdb beta

element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum

2

anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

1

to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires

1

to turn one's face away

9

right to speak

1

to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid

1

devoted; self-sacrificing

2

nursing; (army) nurse

2

this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now

1

beginning; start

1

to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least

1

to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

1

not bad; not half bad; pretty good

2

war of attrition

1

to shave off; to scrape off

1

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

3

exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte

2

to invade

1

short term; short time

1

constant; persistent; indecisiveness; usual; normal

22

penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism

1

line

2

to shake; to waver; to tremble

5

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

1

to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)

1

bow (salute, greeting)

5

prayer; supplication

3

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

1

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

6

tea-towel; dish cloth

1

apricot (Prunus armeniaca)

3

caramel (soft candy)

1

scoop (e.g. of icecream); scoopful; small ornamental spoon

1

sauce; Worcestershire sauce

1

sashimi; make-up

1

to distribute; to apportion; to divide

1

to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate

3

to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out

1

to anticipate; to foresee

2

waste of time; killing time

4

unavoidable; no help for

2

to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply

1

one's social position; one's place; one's standing

2

to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject

9

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

3

thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder

2

angry voice

5

to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up

1

not budging an inch; to stand one's ground

2

by sheer strength; by brute force

2