jpdb beta

district; area; zone; quarter; section; region

8

preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election

4

to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits

2

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

1

to do one's best

2

twice

5

to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify

5

one more time; once more; once again

1

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

3

sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens

5

supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder

6

to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

1

as always; as usual

1

first game; first round (e.g. of a tournament)

6

to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

5

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

4

to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)

1

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

1

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

5

victory or defeat; victory and defeat

1

than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above

1

consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced

1

fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

1

more than usual (usu. time)

1

to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

1

probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many

2

if so; in that case; in that situation

2

to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear

3

Firstline

2

narrow margin; slim margin

1

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

2

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

1

purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce

1

rose

1

pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop

2

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

3

being too late; losing one's final chance

1

busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses

1

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

2

opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)

1

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

1

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)

5

debut; first appearance

3

earning the first (runs); preoccupation

4

judgment; judgement; divination; judgement

1

to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize

1

to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made

4

faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true

1

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

1