jpdb beta

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

2

to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp

1

threat; menace; coercion; blackmail

1

guard; convoy; escort

1

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

3

to thrust down; to push off

2

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings

9

combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim

1

to open some distance (e.g. with other people)

1

to throw back

1

in one's own way or style

1

pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity

9

to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

2

to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

1

bull's-eye; the mark

1

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

2

to need; to require; to take; to demand

1

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)

5

opening of a gate

4

way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation

8

at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

1

to cancel; to call off

2

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

2

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

2

simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie

1

better; superior

1

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

2

stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough

1

to kill one's enemy (opponent)

1

to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious

4

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

7

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

1

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

3

to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

10

(one's) life

1

only once

2

rebellious; defiant

1

to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden

2

for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

3

to leave space (between)

1

to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

1

to be (doing)

1

without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)

1

to tame (an animal); to domesticate

1

small animal

3

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

2

unable to speak (due to overwhelming emotion); soundless; mute

1

remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

1