jpdb beta

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

3

dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point

3

excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

10

ignition; detonation; triggering; explosion

1

nuclear warhead

1

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

2

passage; path; route; one's way

3

heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength

7

beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing

1

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

3

to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)

3

to open a path

1

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing

25

to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath

2

tedious; boring; being fed up with

2

China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man

2

in one's imagination

1

from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

2

spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

5

suspended ceiling

3

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

7

to be all out; to exhaust

1

alarm

2

original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source

2

guardian

2

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

4

power

1

being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering

1

man among men; man's man

1

fatal wound

1

far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry

2

tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead

1

arrowhead

2

gum; rubber; eraser; condom

2

nowadays; recently

1

electrically powered; electric

1

(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)

1

automatic door

1

plan; design; layout

1

penalty

8

rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks

3

paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor

1

future; distant future

5

to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

1

emotional strength; force of will

7

crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

6

the last moment; the very end

2

line of spears held at the ready

1

laser; Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

6