jpdb beta

dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication

3

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

4

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

1

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

5

template; run of the mill; formulaic

1

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

1

unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious

1

sigh

2

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

2

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

2

hence; for that reason

3

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

2

to claim victims; to cause casualties

1

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

everything one does; whatever one does

1

shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly

1

highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)

1

duty; role; function

1

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

1

powerless; weak; lacking physical strength; incompetent; lacking ability; powerless

1

to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

1

consumption; expenditure; spending

1

probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid

2

speed; velocity; pace; velocity

6

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

1

to grasp tightly

3

to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another

1

to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

2

to fall in love

1

selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases

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)

5

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

2

but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

1

in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

1

chronic

1

to hear a rumor; to get wind of

1

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

1

spirit of rebellion

1

to become pale; to turn pale

1

existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

1

to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)

1

you (plural)

8

puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute

2

at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove

1

to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself

1

to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to

1

to pay a tax

1

subject; national; citizen

1