jpdb beta

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

3

little by little; bit by bit

6

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

6

pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment

3

degree; extent

1

minimum; at the very least

4

fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)

3

impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness

2

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

2

to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

8

reflexive; reflecting

5

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

4

comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...

5

judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication

1

interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off

1

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

3

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

4

crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)

1

to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly

13

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

5

sense of defeat

1

jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up

1

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

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

2

losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent; losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard

1

to gain experience; to accumulate experiences

4

all you have to do is; just; that's all

1

mistake; error; blunder

2

even (e.g. even a child)

3

essence; true nature; substance; reality

2

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

3

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

2

what would (you) do?; what to do about it

1

encouragement; cheering on

1

to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve

4

at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

2

correction; revision; redressing; rectifying

3

different thing; another question; different case

1

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

4

to mimic; to imitate

2

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

6

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

5

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

strong; intense; severe

2

(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience

3

have to do; must; should; ought to

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

3

shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming

1

bad habit; vice

5

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

2