jpdb beta

to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely

1

acceleration; speeding up

1

disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure

1

to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

1

good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark

1

embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile

1

help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

2

healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace

3

saint; holy woman

40

self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself

1

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

5

opera singer

1

wounded person; injured person

1

one's share; one's portion

1

equality; impartiality; evenness

1

cowardly; timid; easily frightened

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

one's whole heart; everything one feels

1

to look back

1

bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

1

charity; almsgiving

1

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

1

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

2

to have repercussions

1

to extol; to give praise

3

(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money

4

same level; same extent

1

deeply emotive; moving

1

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

1

with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes

1

meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

1

to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous

1

sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope

1

falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses

2

savior; saviour; rescuer; the Savior; the Saviour

1

eulogy; compliment

1

to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

1

mental; spiritual; emotional

1

prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum

1

affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

1

spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating

1

rule; reign; government; governing

3

just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)

2

valid; effective; yuko (judo)

2

saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

1

refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved

1

pretty; charming; lovely; adorable

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

1

from out of nowhere; from who knows where

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

1