jpdb beta

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

1

to cross the line; to go too far

1

conscience

1

to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered

1

to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

1

to rage; to run amok (amuck); to tear around

3

to hate each other; to hate mutually

1

foolish; stupid; silly

3

to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)

1

sign; indication; omen; symptom

1

appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view

1

promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help

2

to keep a promise; to keep one's word

1

with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb

1

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

2

skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

1

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear

2

swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly

2

to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

2

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

1

to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

2

to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

1

this person

3

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

5

chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage

7

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

4

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

3

one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

2

encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

1

embrace; hug; holding in one's arms

1

most; extremely

2

to hate; to dislike; to loathe

2

same meaning; synonymy

1

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

4

light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

2

ideal; ideals

2

to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

1

to need; to demand; to take; to require

1

knife

4

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

1

dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops

1

inside a space

1

feeble

1

to collapse into; to flop onto

4

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

1

(vocal) volume

1

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost

3