jpdb beta

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

9

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

3

by sheer strength; by brute force

1

to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane

1

to shake and untangle; to shake free from

2

mouth-to-mouth feeding; beak-to-beak feeding; mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation); conveying by word of mouth; oral tradition

3

extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)

1

deceased; late; dead; departed

2

overreaction

1

having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone

1

to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

2

that sort of; like that

2

eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

1

to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry

2

again and again; repeatedly

1

all but dead; half killed

1

spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour

1

exchange; conversion

1

one word

1

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

1

fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment

1

cheating (on one's husband); adultery; male lover (of a married woman); paramour

1

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

6

(written) challenge

1

to get along well together; to be close to each other

2

locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition

1

to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented

2

periodic; regular; routine

1

to carry in; to bring in

1

clanging; empty; deserted

1

shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom

6

to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order

1

relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief

3

China

1

sea breeze; salty wind; briny air

1

to fall ill; to become indisposed; to have one's physical condition deteriorate

1

dining table

1

mealtime

1

wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling

6

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

1

selfless devotion

2

antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives

4

how long?; till when?

2

upper limit; supremum

1

throwing oneself (e.g. into the water to commit suicide)

3

brake; drag; skid; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint

1

sashimi; make-up

1

to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself

2

correction; rectification; mending; repair

1

to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative

1