jpdb beta

berth

3

count; earl

3

to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)

1

news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition

1

to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

1

it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...

3

to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath

1

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

1

side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway

1

to disappear; to vanish

1

two o'clock

1

near at hand

1

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

1

tendency; trend; inclination

1

even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on

1

victim; injured party; sufferer

1

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

3

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

1

royal capital; imperial capital

5

inspection; examination; check; checkpoint; screening; inspection (esp. by police or security)

2

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

2

they; those guys

2

within ...; inside ...

1

concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy

1

defense; defence; guard; policing; security

1

thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)

1

gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness

1

to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do

1

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

1

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

1

kidnapping; kidnaping

2

unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision

1

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

3

(army) division

2

captain; commander; commanding officer; leader

1

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

1

a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours

1

pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

1

circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

1

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

1

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

1

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

1

obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping

1

ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

1

going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

1

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

1

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

1

considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty

2

spacious; vast; wide

2

usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

1