jpdb beta

to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over

3

all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims

1

holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own

1

no one at all; no one, who he or she may be

1

universal gravitation

2

law; rule

2

apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

1

fate; destiny; lot

1

newton (N) (SI unit of force); Newton (Sir Isaac)

2

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

2

vertical; perpendicular

1

how (can); by what means

1

to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

2

what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

1

to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

1

hard struggle; strenuous effort

2

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

2

prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited

3

outside measurements

2

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

1

to request earnestly

1

to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus

1

market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation

1

to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly

2

straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly

1

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

12

overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown

3

that well-known ...

5

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

6

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

4

to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst

2

subterranean rumbling; earth tremor

5

this (very thing); this precisely

1

train

15

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

6

habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)

1

sworn enemy

4

out of range; outside the limits (of...); outside (a) range; outside the scope

1

to be uncommon

1

unlucky

1

to kill by running over

2

to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one

1

occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

4

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

6

to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

2

snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily

1

fancy

1

crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)

3

empty lot; vacant plot of land

4

retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

2