jpdb beta

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

3

putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards

2

tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

2

precedent

3

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

1

style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing

3

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

3

back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards

1

president; chairman

1

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

3

leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)

1

fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

1

high-handed; overbearing

1

not limited to; not just ...

1

prospects of victory; chances of success

2

leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning

3

to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)

2

several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number

2

percent; per cent; percentage

3

to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to reconciliate (with); to make peace (with)

1

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

5

type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype

1

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

1

stir; commotion; noise

1

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

1

to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high

3

to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully

4

to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

3

this (very thing); this precisely

1

Denver

1

starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)

1

keep in mind; take note of; remember

1

in the early period (of something); at the beginning

1

age; era; period; date

1

beginning (of a century, etc.)

1

being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria

1

eleven; 11; jack

1

boy; juvenile; child

1

the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan

2

Taiwan

1

smartly (esp. dressed); stylishly; prominently

1

I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago

1

approximately the same

1

critical condition; being on the verge of death

1

Chen

1

emergency

1

doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)

6

splendidly; brilliantly

1

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

2

ten years; decade

6