jpdb beta

soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light

3

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage

1

bruise

1

bone fracture

1

unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely

1

scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting

1

grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip

6

as expected; as predicted

2

son of a bitch; piece of shit

1

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically

1

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

1

offense and defense; offence and defence

4

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

1

touchstone (assaying tool); touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise

1

decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out

1

obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase

1

tracing; trail left in the snow (by mountaineers); following (a trail of footprints); trace (of a matrix)

1

(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; intently; earnestly; single-mindedly; trudgingly; ploddingly

2

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

5

war; battle; match; game; competition

4

sword strike; sword slash

2

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

5

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

to bring back; to restore

2

eyeball

2

membrane; film

2

superficial; half-hearted; shallow

1

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

2

one revolution; one rotation

3

tail (of an animal); tail end; tip

14

to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)

1

numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles

1

that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case

1

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

1

diversion; distraction; feint

1

gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness

6

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

1

mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

2

composite; combined; complex

2

snake; serpent; large snake

2

original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal

1

to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer

1

intercept; interception; counter-attack

1

close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting

4

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

2

upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor

1

empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness

1

beheading; decapitation

5