jpdb beta

obstacle; hurdle

1

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

3

race

4

shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

2

details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view

1

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

1

several tens

1

mat; canvas (boxing, wrestling)

1

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

4

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

2

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

1

sandbag

14

tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)

5

going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with

2

waiter

2

how; in what way; how about; questionable

1

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

3

O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

1

being the sole winner; winner-take-all

1

preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving

3

insufficient; not enough; lacking; dim-witted; slow; one brick short of a full load

1

decision; determination

1

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

1

word; word; Word; Microsoft Word

2

wariness

2

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

2

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

1

archaic smile

1

participants; participating athletes

1

if it's the case

2

preface; introduction; preamble

1

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

2

with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)

3

personal combat; one-to-one fight

2

counter for horsemen

26

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

3

team competition; team game

9

one-to-one; one-on-one

3

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

2

very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

1

proper; respectable; decent; honest

1

disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus

1

participant; entrant

2

both parties; both sides

1

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

1

eight; 8

2

transfer student

1

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

3

personal connections

5

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1