jpdb beta

advantage; point in favor; point in favour

1

coincidence

1

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

1

to sell

2

asking oneself

1

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

1

just because; even if; even though

2

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

1

passing through without stopping; passing by

1

to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity

1

deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint

1

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

1

to shake; to sway; to waver

2

handrail; railing; banister

1

to grasp tightly

1

coachman; driver; cabman; postilion

4

nodding off (while sitting); dozing

2

front part; fore; front

1

reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)

2

to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)

1

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

1

way; method; means; (technical) specification

1

limit; bound

1

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

1

usually; under usual circumstances

1

ballast; crushed stone, gravel, etc. used on a roadbed or railway track

2

residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer

1

henchman; right-hand man; trusted confidant; inner circle

1

express messenger

1

annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat

1

bad news; news of a death; death notice

1

private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside

1

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

1

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

1

millstone; mortar

1

to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

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plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

3

fundamental; basic

1

barbarian; savage

1

interest; rights; concession

3

easy profit

1

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

3

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

1

sporadic

1

all people; everybody; ten thousand people

1

body; group; party; company; troupe

1

to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly

2

valid; effective; yuko (judo)

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now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

1

to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

1