jpdb beta

influence; clout; leverage

1

exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of

3

ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

6

to be quick-witted; to be tactful; to be sensible

1

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

5

to intervene; to stop (something)

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

1

news of someone's death; obituary

5

remains; corpse; (dead) body

14

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

3

flight; rout; debacle

3

bad news; news of a death; death notice

1

heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained

1

feeble

3

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

3

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

2

pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission

3

strategy; artifice

7

starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus

1

you could say; you might say; verging on the

1

steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

1

steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable

1

to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

3

busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest

1

launching out (e.g. into a career); embarking upon (something); doing with great ambition

2

to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity

1

good-looking man; fine figure of a man

1

to grow old

1

discouraged; dispirited; despondent

3

moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

3

to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

2

to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

2

at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway

2

to entrap

1

no way to do; nothing can be done

1

ability; capacity; capability; physical strength

4

setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage

1

category; category

1

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

1

to fasten a lock

1

darkroom

1

polite; respectful; reverent

1

state of emergency; emergency; crisis

2

beryl

11

magic square

1

beyond that point; after that

1

damply; moistly; clammily; stickily

1

small stature

2

distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

1

eyeball

1