jpdb beta

to grasp tightly

3

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

2

barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

1

nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

1

simply; merely; only; solely

1

mutual; reciprocal

1

order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement

6

to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

2

control; control right

1

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

2

easy to understand

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

coordinate; coordinates

2

guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

1

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

3

usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

2

gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester

2

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

1

study; research; investigation

1

habitual use; daily use

1

extremely; highly

1

dilute; rare

1

to be profitable; to yield a profit

1

to shrug one's shoulders

5

too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories

1

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

1

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

5

self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally

2

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

2

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

1

despair; hopelessness

2

to be afraid of making mistakes; to fear failing

1

cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate

1

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

1

to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)

1

to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile

1

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

2

rate; ratio; proportion; percentage

1

defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence

1

to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions

1

chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory

1

defeating in an instant; instant kill

1

two weeks; fortnight

1

on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

2

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

1

fifth day of the month; five days

1

fate; destiny

2

looking pale; looking unwell

1

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

ambition; aspiration

4