jpdb beta

(not) a single person; (no) one

3

finishing (a race); running the whole distance; reaching the goal; staying the course

3

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

1

(multi-faculty) university

1

kicking (an opponent)

1

to melt down

1

to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove

5

watchtower

1

bloodsucking; sucking blood

2

succeeding; following; trailing; next

1

to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on

2

to run through; to run past

2

dark horse

1

plain; open field

1

steep slope

1

both feet; both legs

5

inquiry; query; enquiry

3

corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)

6

fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages

4

to pour water on; to irrigate

2

blanching; bleaching

9

sandbar; sandbank; shoal

9

Amanohashidate

1

violence; violent

1

to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page); to turn back; to double back; to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match); to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email)

2

colored; color-tinted

1

one may well say so, but ...; even more than

1

thank you very much

1

chasing; chase

2

(ship's) anchor; anchor (final runner or swimmer in a relay race); (news) anchor; anchorman; anchor (in HTML); link to a previous post (on a message board); anchor (soccer position)

3

being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly

1

overly familiar; overfamiliar; too friendly; too free; cheeky

2

commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)

2

Hakone ekiden; Hakone long-distance relay race

1

to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)

2

average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually

3

karma

13

slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)

1

news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement

2

pharmaceutical college; college of pharmacy

8

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

1

Bowen

1

to get a late start

3

helical; spiral-shaped

1

roller coaster

9

down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream

7

to run down (stairs, etc.)

2

brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes

3

fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely

2

otherwise; if not; or else

7