jpdb beta

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

5

to pierce through; to break through

9

spots; speckles; spotted pattern; mottled pattern

1

to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone

1

hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching

3

responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment

1

superstition; superstitious belief

1

charm; incantation; spell; code that is not (yet) necessary to understand; required boilerplate code

2

to express; to show

2

unprecedented; unique; unparalleled

1

to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)

1

to encourage; to cheer

1

gold and silver; money

1

top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet

1

don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise); read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)

2

fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical

1

taking a breather; relaxation; rest; vent; ventilation opening

1

to leave it as is; to leave it at that; to let it be; to stop with something

1

to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

2

high price

5

gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy

1

fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling

1

to spend all of one's time in idle amusement

1

waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors); bringing something up after the fact; revealing something afterwards; holding back until the last minute

1

contempt; scorn

1

war preparation

1

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

4

to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous

2

breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation

2

(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement

1

to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of

1

tax yields; revenue

1

restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization

2

information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing

1

side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension

5

to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally

1

good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)

1

miscalculation

1

(deliberate) misinterpretation; distortion (of someone's words, etc.); contortion; perversion; disingenuous understanding

1

wishful thinking

2

to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link

1

to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

2

to annoy; to cause trouble

1

face; honour; honor; appearance; look

4

to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into

1

disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

2

intuition; instinct; hunch

2

contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game

1

to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to

3

to feel chilly; to be afraid; to be frightened; to be nervous

1