jpdb beta

playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness

1

addition; supplement; appending; appendix

5

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation

1

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

2

to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)

1

to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki

2

each other; one another

4

to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)

2

how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

1

retention; maintenance; preservation

1

boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive

1

it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...

1

(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback

1

chivalry

1

high-pitched; shrill

2

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

sword strike; sword slash

3

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

1

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

5

stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)

2

crater; pockmark

1

cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence

1

one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing

5

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

1

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

4

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

1

to improve one's skill

1

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

1

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

5

to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone

1

therefore; consequently

1

minimum; at the very least

1

upper limit; supremum

2

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

2

ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity

1

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

1

byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse

1

to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped

1

hard to handle; difficult to handle; awkward to handle; hard to deal with; unwieldy

1

physical ability

1

tremendous; rapid; dramatic

2

compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation

4

(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger

2

limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

3

to kill each other

1

trying one's ability

1

feeling keenly; fully realizing

1

to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return

1

to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient

1