jpdb beta

exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

1

to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire

1

to burn out

1

to set fire (to)

1

shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade

3

gun barrel

1

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

3

uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability

1

raid; attack; invasion

1

urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once

1

relief; rescue

2

to fight against; to oppose; to face

1

to stand stock still

1

headquarters; head office; main office

1

invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)

1

information; news; report; reward; retribution

2

to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken

3

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

inexhaustible supply

1

knowing; (an) acquaintance

2

nimble; quick; agile

2

to avoid misfortune; to escape danger

1

expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

3

to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)

2

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

2

makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure

1

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

11

substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial

6

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

2

to collide; to clash

1

fortress; stronghold; citadel

1

to make sense; to be meaningful

1

letting (someone) die without helping

1

to stick it out (until the end)

1

like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul

1

rather than (do ...)

1

muddy water; red-light district

1

to creep; to crawl

1

to fight to the bitter end

1

empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness

1

short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions

1

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

2

sediment; earth and sand

1

to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down

1

late attendance; lateness; tardiness

1

calm; composed; leisurely

3

body; physical system; (the) person

2

to be injured; to sustain a wound

1

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

1

melee

3