jpdb beta

hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching

1

difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

1

if it's the case

1

assistance; backing; reinforcements

1

coat; jacket; outerwear; top; upper-body garment

1

half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns; middle guard position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

1

to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

2

to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back

1

dusty; dust-covered

1

attic; loft

12

generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points

2

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

1

to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of

2

to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

2

spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb

1

dust

1

crawling on all fours; being on all fours; being on one's hands and knees

2

enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it

1

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

1

to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty

1

guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange

1

even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage

1

to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate

2

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

9

rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)

2

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

2

slender face

1

to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

3

to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone

1

weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)

4

to do something distinguished; to perform great deeds; to distinguish oneself (e.g. in war)

4

bold; daring; audacious

1

(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily

1

to crawl towards; to creep up to

1

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)

1

mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

1

near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here

1

faltering; hesitation

1

to become haggard; to become gaunt; to become emaciated; to become worn out (from illness, worry, etc.)

1

supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition

1

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate; to admire

1

with a single flash of light; glitteringly; sparklingly; twinklingly

1

complete change; about-face

2

leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing

1

with a (cry of) "ah!"; with a shout (of surprise, shock, etc.); in surprise; in astonishment

2

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

2

losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself

1

to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

1

remarkably; noticeably

1

to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp

1