jpdb beta

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

2

to win and advance to the next round

1

both hands

1

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

2

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

1

shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing

1

blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank

1

unqualified

1

to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer

2

first; new

1

letting (someone) die without helping

1

ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people

2

to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

2

severe; hard

1

to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty

2

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

1

how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

1

circumstantial evidence

1

close call; narrow escape

1

to avoid misfortune; to escape danger

1

precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

3

sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)

2

dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)

1

preface; introduction; preamble

2

half step; half a step

1

to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

3

(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh

1

yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so

1

brush tip; first on a list; head; chief

1

strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand

1

group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect

1

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

1

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

2

background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

2

ideal; ideals

1

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

1

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

6

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

guess; conjecture

3

feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection

1

to do for (the sake of someone else)

1

to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

1

slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

4

to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down

3

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

1

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

1

charm; incantation; spell; code that is not (yet) necessary to understand; required boilerplate code

1

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

one's person

1

hostage

5