jpdb beta

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

2

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

16

escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion

4

mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

1

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

30

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

24

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

35

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

13

to some extent; to a certain extent

2

maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development

2

oleander; Nerium oleander var. indicum; rosebay

5

Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)

1

to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

1

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

2

difficult to ...; hard to ...

2

considerably; fairly; quite

12

subordinate person

2

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

4

because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece

2

guidance; leadership; leading the way

2

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

1

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

14

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

1

thief; robber; burglar; bandit

11

coachman; driver; cabman; postilion

2

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)

7

metal

3

to collide; to clash

1

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

22

what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

1

very; extremely; excessively

1

to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

4

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

3

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

2

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

17

short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō

6

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

2

to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

3

to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

3

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

9

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

16

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

6

inside a car (train, bus, etc.)

4

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

5

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

1

handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct

3

inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

7

self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

5

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

8