jpdb beta

difficult to ...; hard to ...

3

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

1

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost

3

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

2

capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically

2

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

5

to increase; to multiply

3

in good health; alive and well; going strong

2

reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup

1

coincident with; while; simultaneously

5

main question; real issue at hand

1

from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

2

weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline

1

reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees

1

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

9

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

6

certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet

3

(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

2

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

4

difficult to ...; hard to ...

3

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

1

reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about

2

inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

1

steady; honest; sober; straightforward

2

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

5

to shake one's head

1

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

1

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

4

to be found; to be discovered

2

to increase; to add to; to augment

1

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

2

many; much; plenty; hardly

2

small; little; tiny

1

confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation

12

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

2

those (near the second person)

1

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

1

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

5

simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping

1

assuming that ...; supposing that ...

1

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

2

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

1

basis; foundation; grounds; authority

1

to hide; to conceal

4

camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade

1

to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)

1

seldom; rarely; scarcely

2

careful; elaborate; scrupulous

3

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1