jpdb beta

driving force

5

dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion

1

prey; victim

1

all; the whole; on the whole; all in all; generally

1

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

4

had better ...; had better not ...

5

prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment

2

we; us

1

power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity

2

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

1

absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

3

threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

1

to shout at

2

to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate

1

to creep; to crawl

4

sum total; total amount

1

16; sixteen

4

to gather together

1

annexation; merger; swallowing up

4

carapace; shell; crust

5

to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out

2

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

1

association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

2

without any weak spot; watertight (e.g. reasoning); impeccable

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

5

composition; constitution

2

appearance; emergence

3

angel

11

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

30

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

2

half the body; half length

2

structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

1

making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt

2

beginning; start

2

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

3

anguish

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

4

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

3

blow; hit; stroke

3

to grimace; to frown

4

physical strength; the strength of one's muscles

1

easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over

1

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

4

fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade

1

technique; finesse

2

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

1

with all one's strength; with all one's might

4

in proportion to; just as much as

1

standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move

1