jpdb beta

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

1

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

1

to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts

1

reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre

1

affirmation; affirmative

1

checkmate

3

to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over

1

hunger; starvation

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

check

1

checkmate; mate

1

drama; play; powerful drug

1

hee hee hee; hi hi hi; chuckling; snickering

1

total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure

1

rule

1

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

shogi; Japanese chess

1

very small; tiny; insignificant

1

fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility

1

interpretation; explanation; reading; construction

1

sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness

1

question mark

1

to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate

1

Cheshire

1

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)

1

viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...

1

nine; 9

5

one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed

5

the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel

1

(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

yourself; himself; herself

1

heat source

1

detection

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

3

true character; real nature

1

to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour

1

strongest (candidate); likeliest (winner); top (suspect)

1

control

1

support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation

1

precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close

1

corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)

1

vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

2

intervention

3

use; service; purpose

1

time axis; time basis; timeline

2

strict; close; precise; scrupulous

2

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

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