jpdb beta

upper half of the body; upper body

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lower half of the body

3

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

2

to be sacked; to be dismissed

2

to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

1

for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

1

emotional strength; force of will

2

to be the case that

3

to suffer damage; to be deceived

1

withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction

8

being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)

1

obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability

2

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

2

to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

3

food

4

to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of

2

silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

2

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

2

listening closely

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

4

to flare up; to burst into flames

3

gossip; corner of the mouth

3

wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I

2

visual hallucination; vision

7

saliva (in one's mouth)

3

to take back; to recapture

1

offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding

1

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

1

hunter

1

end of the earth

1

to chase; to run after; to pursue

12

to blush

10

to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

3

to stop (plug) one's ears

1

all; entire; whole; altogether

17

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

3

both (people)

6

to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to

1

erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)

1

(only) one option; one possible choice

3

for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

1

severe; fierce; stern

7

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

1

to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled

1

glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling

17

Pau (France); Poe; Po (river in Italy)

3

(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

1

to blow off

4

decisive; resolute; determined; firm

4

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

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