jpdb beta

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

1

departure time

1

to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through

1

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

1

to get strong; to gain strength

1

to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

1

as soon as; right after

1

emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

1

Tokyo Big Sight (exhibition center)

2

prize; trophy

2

total amount (of money); total sum; sum total

1

1,000,000; one million; million; many

1

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

1

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

1

skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument

1

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

1

to approach; to draw near

1

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

1

target

1

not becoming a problem; out of the question; not worth considering; insignificant; negligible

1

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

3

which; what (way)

1

(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)

2

scramble (for)

1

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

2

hole; hole; cup; (electron) hole

17

rooftop

1

exhibition hall (room, area)

1

exhibition; display

1

ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

1

journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)

1

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

1

limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

1

abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

1

the very best; utmost

2

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

1

here and there; in places

1

to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

2

to use up all one's strength; to die

3

large army

7

repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

1

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

4

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

2

pale; pallid; bluish-white

7

thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant

1

to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)

1

voice amplification

1

full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details

1