jpdb beta

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

6

decisive battle of brief duration

1

internal conditions; true state of affairs

4

if it is the case that ...

1

rule; reign; government; governing

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

2

one boat; one ship

10

relief; aid; rescue

4

decision; determination; resolution

3

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

1

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous

1

to the end; to the last

4

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

3

to change one's clothes

1

to make an appearance; to show up

2

model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

7

to wait upon; to serve

1

true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

3

to sit down

1

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

5

low-level; trivial; coarse; low-dimension

1

high dimension; higher dimensions

2

state; country; nation

3

opinion; point of view; visual point

1

dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)

1

at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

2

hostility; animosity; enmity

3

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

2

cheap

1

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

1

to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

2

inhuman; heinous; atrocious

1

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

1

lower lip

1

society; the world; the times

4

a dime a dozen; two a penny

1

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

1

safety; security

2

to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

3

out of character; unlike one

1

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

4

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

5

to storm in with a yell

1

tomfoolery; monkey business

2

father

8

vein (esp. in head)

3

to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover

2

retaliation; revenge

2

to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

2

to send back

1