jpdb beta

to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken

1

cannot be compared with; no match for

1

consumption; expenditure

5

substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)

1

achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization

2

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

1

even if I told you

1

safety; security

1

place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

17

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

7

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

4

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

2

to do

2

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

8

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

7

powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

1

many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time

1

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

11

to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)

1

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

2

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

3

information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

3

for example; for instance; e.g.

2

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

3

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

26

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

4

simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie

1

is it not so?

8

capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically

3

law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

2

from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

1

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

2

hint

3

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

11

if; in case; supposing

21

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

2

way; method; means

2

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

2

minimum; lowest; minimal; least

2

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

2

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

1

there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

8

Norns

17

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

3

a certain ...; some ...

12

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

15

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

6

less than; under; below

1

if you think about it; come to think of it

3

ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand

4