jpdb beta

aim

1

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

2

even if not; even without

2

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

2

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

2

explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

2

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

3

plural; multiple; several

2

place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

1

simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together

2

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

3

to increase; to add to; to augment

1

exception

2

end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

3

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

1

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

1

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

1

putting into operation; invocation

4

long distance; tele-

1

to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

8

practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)

1

bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)

2

ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

2

to approach; to draw near

1

misfire

1

destruction; collapse; crumbling

2

sense; infer

6

there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

4

timing

7

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like

2

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

4

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

1

meal; dinner; diet

3

to mix; to stir; to blend

1

evasion; avoidance

3

poison gas

1

disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation

1

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

6

reaction; response

6

why yes, thank you

1

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

2

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

1

or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

5

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

1

distant; remote; isolated

1

almost; roughly; approximately

7

automatic

3

looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance

1