jpdb beta

to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag

1

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

1

calm; composed; leisurely

9

checkmate

1

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

10

to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)

1

no!; no no!; no, not at all

1

check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out

8

defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation

1

decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)

2

to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in

8

unreasonably stubborn; not knowing when to give up

2

to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

3

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

2

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

13

fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

1

hey!; say!; I say!; I; me

5

please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

1

unconsciousness; having no recollection of one's actions

1

testimony; (verbal) evidence

2

since when; from when; how long

3

to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

1

when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

9

another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking

1

one's personal opinion

1

sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

1

daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

2

to be possible to occur

2

novelist; fiction writer

4

limit; bounds

4

foundation; basis

3

hand-to-hand combat

1

learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

1

to get drunk

2

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

2

(the thing) itself

2

distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm

2

even if; even though; if

1

intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection

1

to do a silly thing; to do something stupid

1

thereupon; shortly thereafter

10

to throw into

2

about; concerning; related to; -ish

3

through a wall; on the other side of a wall

2

defective article; damaged goods; deflowered girl; unmarried woman who has lost her virginity

5

old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed

1

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

2

(opening of a) wound; cut

1

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

2

deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism

4