jpdb beta

method; way; manner; process; procedure; means

6

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

2

release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)

3

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

1

killing; murder

1

compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement

1

having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...

3

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

3

deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

1

as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough

1

to make a mistake

1

to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

2

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness

1

such ... as; or some such

1

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

1

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

4

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock

1

calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

1

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability

1

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work

1

to taste; to savor; to relish

1

for example; for instance; e.g.

1

(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

3

easy-to-understand

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

4

death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

2

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

2

surroundings; environs; circumference

2

difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...

1

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

1

to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

2

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

2

freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty

1

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

1

both; both sides; both parties

1

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

2

glass; pane

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

1

destruction; disruption; (application) crash

1

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

2

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

2

to make a vow; to take an oath

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