jpdb beta

head start; initiative; preemption

1

preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike

2

stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics

1

front kick (esp. martial arts)

1

top of the foot; instep; dorsum of the foot; dorsum pedis

1

wooden; made of wood; wooden construction

1

hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)

1

bone fragment; spicule

1

point-blank range

1

shotgun

1

second person

1

to break into fragments; to go to pieces

1

line of spears held at the ready

2

blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank

1

increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

1

to cry and shout; to scream

2

to scoop up; to dip up

2

desperation; self-abandonment

1

to lead (an advance); to spearhead (a campaign, attack)

1

to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in

1

perhaps; maybe; by some chance

2

bluff

2

eye for people; ability to judge character

2

swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning

1

to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp

1

characteristic; (distinctive) feature; peculiarity; spot color; spot colour

2

to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention

1

begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

1

gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot

5

trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

6

pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment

4

mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo

1

water fountain

3

interests; stake

1

to maintain one's honor as a man; to save face (as a man); to have one's honor upheld

1

will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words

2

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

2

being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge

1

ingot

3

dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion

1

each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of

1

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

1

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

1

Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam

1

black; black stone; guilt; guilty person

83

rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance

2

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

8

numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters

1

feminine features; having a girl's face (for a man); girly face

1

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1