jpdb beta

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

3

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe

1

dividing into parts

1

every one; each

1

defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation

1

freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)

1

mishearing

1

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

8

state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

2

semicircle

1

cover; lid; cap

3

to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

1

object; body; solid

1

darkness; the dark

4

to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

2

crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack

1

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

1

invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

2

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

3

outer ring; external ring; rim (of a wheel); paddle wheel; out-toe walking; duck-footed walking

1

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

1

completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part

2

right in half

1

pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months

1

dirty smoke; soot and smoke

1

taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven

1

water fountain

2

to cling

1

to run up to; to rush over

2

edged tool; cutting instrument; knife

2

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

11

road surface

2

tile

2

dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

2

maze; labyrinth; inner ear

1

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

1

to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up

1

anguish

1

to hold up in one's arms

1

a little; a few; small; only; just; merely

3

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

2

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

1

to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart

1

choice; selection; option

2

consequently; as a result

1

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

1