jpdb beta

to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

1

incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive

2

generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality

1

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

3

source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter

1

foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse

1

foreign-body sensation

1

brick

2

to fall in love

1

unfortunately; regrettably; sad to say

1

what would (you) do?; what to do about it

1

Orson Welles

1

Kane; Kayne

1

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

2

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

1

quotation; citation; reference

1

lively group (usu. young people); dynamic bunch; group (art)

2

Rookie of the Year award

2

as one of

2

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

1

existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

1

in spite of; regardless of

2

Seibu Lions (Japanese pro baseball team)

1

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

1

Japan Series

1

overall victory; championship

3

Japan's best; number one in Japan

1

manner of using one's hands

1

Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper

2

measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

2

baseball team

1

establishment; founding; organization; organisation

1

first championship win (esp. sumo)

1

time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun

1

active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

1

play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying

1

corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

1

Sugiura

1

professional baseball

1

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

2

pitcher; pitcher (container); jug

1

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

1

member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)

1

table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor

1

coach

7

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

1

Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)

1

Kajima

1

young pine; New Year's symbolic pine decoration

1