jpdb beta

maybe; could be; might

1

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

1

regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing

5

lightning strike; torpedo attack

2

range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)

1

fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies

1

thunder; thunderclap

1

thunderous roar; roaring sound

1

tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

2

unmatched (unparalleled) accuracy

1

inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)

2

try to be; want to be

1

admiration; wonder; astonishment

2

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

3

period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

1

review (of learned material); revision

2

leaving everything up to someone else

1

properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly

1

what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)

5

in the same way; like; likewise; similarly

1

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about

1

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

1

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

3

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

2

to push aside; to push one's way through

2

rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net

1

eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.

3

definite; final; decisive; conclusive

2

to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)

1

fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

23

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

1

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

8

underside

1

several times; a few times

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

1

regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...

1

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

1

to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

1

rather; better

1

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted

1

fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success

1

to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)

3

moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

1

to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard

1

he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; discretion is the better part of valor; (lit.) fleeing is winning

1

manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

4

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

2

straight line

2

to keep running

1