jpdb beta

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

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considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

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activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor

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to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

2

girl's feeling; maiden's mind

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to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

2

prohibition; inhibition; ban

4

dive (e.g. into water); diving; dive (of an aircraft)

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moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

4

racing noisily (in a car, motorcycle, etc.); roaring (e.g. down the street)

2

coming to nothing

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complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster

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sorry

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play ball!; starting a match (of baseball, tennis, etc.)

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today; this day

3

high school

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Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan; Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture); National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium)

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table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor

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versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing

2

to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)

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pitcher; pitcher (container); jug

2

ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)

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first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

2

sphere; globe; ball; sphere; counter for pitches

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to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

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scratch; chip; flaw; fault; shame; disgrace

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earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

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Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

3

to collect; to assemble; to gather

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the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

2

cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate

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to lose interest; to slacken off

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recovery; undoing; recall

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to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

4

to occur; to happen

4

that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

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negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

2

painful experience

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thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

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failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)

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to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

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completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

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to become moist; to be moistened; to profit (from); to benefit; to be refreshed (of one's mind); to be enriched (of one's heart)

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consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault

4

with a bang

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unexpected comeback

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to knock out (e.g. a homer); to slam; to send flying (e.g. a ball); to wallop (someone)

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degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety

4

rise; increase; upload; posting online; close-up; completion of filming; upswept hairstyle

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tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

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