jpdb beta

in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation

1

headlong rush; rushing recklessly

1

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

2

total exhaustion

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

1

promptly; quickly

1

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

1

to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire

1

feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection

1

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

1

arm; skill; efforts; ability

1

to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

1

(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

1

to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

1

only; nothing but

1

to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

1

win; victory

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

return; welcome home

1

convenient

1

(dead) body; corpse

3

the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening

1

to use up all one's strength

1

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

4

reward; prize

2

relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

1

higher rank; better position

1

to dissolve; to melt

1

firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship

1

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

1

indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly

2

distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration

1

armor; armour

3

solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy

1

high level

1

sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out

1

rather; better

1

pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead

1

or; or else

2

water balloon

6

patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary

1

gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)

2

gum; rubber; eraser; condom

1

-made; make

1

enclose (in letter)

1

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

1

helmet (of a warrior); headpiece

1

explosion; rupture; break off

2

with a momentary flash of light

1