jpdb beta

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

5

overwhelming

2

chance (of success); odds

3

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

3

guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

1

rage; fury; exasperation; indignation

3

one's way (ahead); one's path

1

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

1

to thrust away; to send flying

5

if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...

2

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

2

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

1

to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

3

to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

8

protest; objection

4

to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against

2

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

1

bare hand; empty hand

2

fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge

1

hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

1

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

11

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

6

to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade

1

withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

2

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

2

to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate

8

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)

13

the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

1

to kill; to beat to death

1

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

2

to grab (someone) by the collar; to seize (someone) by the lapels

1

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

5

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge

2

wrist

3

to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain

1

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

4

to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)

2

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

2

every person; every mouth; every entrance

2

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

4

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

1

relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting

2

to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

1

shout of abuse; jeers; boos

2

both hands; both arms; ten

7

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

1

front kick (esp. martial arts)

2

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

2

before long; even now

3

to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against

1