jpdb beta

lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)

1

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

10

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

8

and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident

2

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

shit!; damn!

1

to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous

2

position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

4

ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression

2

to pay attention; to be watchful

1

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

4

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

2

process; course; mechanism

2

satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

13

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

4

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

2

climax

1

last days; the end; one's fate

1

to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)

1

comedy; funny show

2

tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

2

excuse; explanation

5

end; conclusion

4

great person; eminent figure

1

scoundrel; rascal; villain

2

(fictional) character; character; personality; persona

2

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

9

by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

5

original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source

2

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

2

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

6

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

4

disappointment; despair

1

tearful face

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

1

random; aimless

1

to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away

1

to take time

7

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

timing

2

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

2

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

8

to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

5

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

4

period; term; interval

1

to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

1

insecurity; carelessness

1

money on hand

1

chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

1