jpdb beta

direct

1

acquisition; possession

15

to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure

25

Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)

1

true value; real worth

1

show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation

3

invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression

1

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

13

to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

1

once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone

20

place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

3

each country; every country; various countries; all countries

2

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

3

elite unit; elite troop

1

to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

3

as (someone) says

6

to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off

1

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

5

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

3

arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself

2

aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective

5

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

2

ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

3

to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated

1

to be able to manage somehow or other

4

mountain shape

1

to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into

2

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

2

quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly

5

sediment; earth and sand

1

spare time; free time; leisure time

2

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

12

sound; noise; (musical) note; fame

16

sense of reality

1

to become weak

1

fainting; losing consciousness; passing out; syncope

2

appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession

3

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

6

rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out

1

to turn round; to face about; to turn about

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

4

to come to one's senses; to calm down

1

king

4

to that extent; to that degree; so much; so

1

armed forces; military; troops

2

to send (something) unsolicited; to send without the receiver's request

1

ash; ashes

2

that gentleman; that lady; he; she

2

hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

5