jpdb beta

half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer

1

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

8

grave (pit)

2

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

4

grief; lamentation

2

pathos

1

to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with

1

demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation

1

to read the situation; to sense the mood

6

love story; romance

4

love; attachment; tender emotions; falling in love

1

short stature

3

Saturday

2

direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

12

at; in; on

2

flagship

2

repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation

7

fighting bravely

1

collapse; downfall

4

the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Serpent; hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); south-southeast; fourth month of the lunar calendar

1

route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

1

to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

4

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

4

bombarding; shelling; bombardment

1

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

6

waterline (ship)

1

counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets

3

to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

1

sinking a ship instantly

1

competing; competition; auction

1

this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

6

teary eyes

4

breast; udder

1

suicide attack; kamikaze attack

1

to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate

1

preservation; retainment; keeping

5

during the war

1

white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax

2

demonstrative pronoun

1

busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses

2

tactics

3

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

7

turmoil; chaos; confusion

6

impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned

1

sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time

1

fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen

1

mainland decisive battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)

1

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

2

candle

1

to burn out

1