jpdb beta

backing (an initiative, candidate, etc.); support; backing up (another player); covering; backup

1

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

2

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less

1

head; brains; intellect; understanding

1

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

1

hardships; privation

1

to have a bitter experience

1

advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

6

a hard time; pains

2

to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained

1

loop; shape of a hiragana "no"

1

to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting

1

relative; relation; kin

3

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

1

full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself

2

to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly

2

hindrance; impediment

1

hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8

1

grandchild

1

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

1

family; relatives; dependents; household

1

(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether

1

qualifications; requirements; capabilities

1

whether (or not); if

1

mediation; arbitration; conciliation (e.g. in civil or family court, leading to a settlement based on mutual concessions); mediation (of a labor dispute, by a labor relations commission)

2

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

2

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

2

courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

1

timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

1

(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged

1

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

1

to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

1

release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off

1

cold; short; curt; blunt

2

to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

2

trouble; bother; annoyance

6

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

2

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

3

to be (doing)

2

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

1

this occasion; at this time; now

3

maid; helper; help; assistance

2

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

5

forty; 40

1

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

1

senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion

1

head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)

5

very deeply

5

to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to

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