jpdb beta

presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent

3

to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)

7

aha!; yes sir

2

stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position

3

honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil

1

to take command; to give direction

1

to take the initiative

1

sense of defeat

2

earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate

1

coming alongside (a boat, pier, etc.)

6

lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); ranch

1

to worry

2

thousands; several thousand

3

scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

1

to start sliding; to begin to slide; to begin to slip; to make a start; to start (off); to get under way

1

takeoff from water

2

brightly lit; brightly lighted; lit up; lighted up

1

future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover

1

to congratulate; to celebrate

1

lintel (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door)

1

leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure

1

to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to

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

one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac

1

brave warrior; hero; brave man

4

(not) even with; (not) even using

2

old soldier

1

to disappear; to vanish

1

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

2

bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune

2

divination sign

2

end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years

2

grotesque

27

to be off one's guard

1

war game

1

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

1

adaptation; accommodation; conformity

4

benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted

1

the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

2

impetuousness

1

leftovers; remains; leavings; remnant; surplus

1

top (of a flight of stairs); end (of a moving walkway); exit door (e.g. of a bus); steps down (from a bus, etc.)

1

rehash; (boring) rerun; second brew of tea

2

(length of one's) step; stride; pace

2

unceremonious party; free and easy gathering; party with no regard for formal etiquette or status

3

drinking bout; merrymaking

1

alcohol content (usu. expressed per cent)

1

to watch for an unguarded moment

1

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

1

food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink

2