jpdb beta

I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

3

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

1

guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)

1

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

1

step by step; by degrees

1

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

4

to move forward; to move on

4

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

2

many thousands

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

1

Morinaka

1

to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of

1

to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

1

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

1

food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

2

to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

4

bark (of tree)

1

soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light

3

full; in plenty; ample

1

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

7

to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

1

larva; grub; maggot

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

2

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

6

scale; scope; plan; structure

2

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

3

nourishment

1

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

3

to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated

1

optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

1

flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh

1

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

4

innumerable; countless; numberless

2

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

1

to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about

1

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

1

to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

3

only; nothing but

6

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

2

to trickle down

1

bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

10

softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

1

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

3

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

1

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

3

destruction; disruption; (application) crash

3

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

6

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

7

to play a leading role; to play a central part

1

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

2