jpdb beta

boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn

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tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

2

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

1

to devise a plan; to work out a plan

1

fixed shore net; fixed shore trap; stationary trap; stationary net

1

ocean; open sea

1

small boat

3

overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)

1

(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger

1

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

3

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

being cleared (of doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)

1

earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land

1

space; room; airspace

1

shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation

1

instant; moment; for an instant

2

long distance; long haul; long-distance race

1

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

1

very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle

1

preliminary investigation; preliminary inquiry; preparation (for a class); going over one's lessons (in advance); studying ahead

1

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

1

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

1

to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance

1

to distract one's attention

2

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

1

going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

1

to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

1

three; three years of age

3

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

2

secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

2

the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down

1

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

4

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

1

win; victory

2

informal; unofficial

1

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing

1

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

1

amount of material resources

1

to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to find someone's fault; to get evidence on someone; to get a lead on someone

1

raw food; perishables

1

decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay

1

incubation; hatching

1

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

1

foolish; stupid; silly

1

to fly in the air

3

several times; a few times

1

taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather

1

rest; break; recess; intermission

2

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

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