jpdb beta

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

5

to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority

1

beginning; start

1

following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with

1

stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering

1

combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

3

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

1

reaching; attaining; arrival

1

pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

1

government official

1

nature; property; disposition

2

fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen

1

battlefield; battleground

1

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

1

to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over

1

promotion; raising of status

3

declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

1

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

1

to interrupt; to butt in

1

political

1

victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

1

continuous service

1

number of years

1

to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

1

loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity

1

long period (of time)

2

temporary retirement; suspension from office

2

(one's) military service record

1

shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact

1

present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

2

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

2

acceptance

1

long-term

1

return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR

1

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

3

very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

1

proper; respectable; decent; honest

1

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

2

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

1

every time; each round

2

to throw into

1

care; precaution; guarding; caution

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

2

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

2

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

1

gender; distinction of sex; sex

3

age; years

2

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

2

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention

6

phi; diameter (units assumed, esp. mm)

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