jpdb beta

insatiable; untiring; persistent

1

to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting

6

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

4

than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except

2

to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat

1

treating someone like a child

1

technical; technological; practical

5

hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation

6

division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing

6

distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness

11

change; changing; exchange (e.g. of goods); change of sides (in baseball, American football, etc.); switching ends (in tennis, volleyball, etc.)

2

rearguard; rear guard; back (player)

1

to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out

3

sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)

8

to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

14

to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds

5

good

4

just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp

1

all you have to do is; just; that's all

2

(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

3

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

7

completion; perfection; accomplishment

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yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly

4

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

8

baseball cap

3

to run away; to run off

13

dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy

4

to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best

18

now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns

5

toe; toe (of a club)

4

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base

9

joint struggle; common (united) front

2

long-awaited; much-awaited

14

rule violation; rule infraction; infringement of the rules

2

dispersing; vanishing

10

absolute basics; very rudiments

1

potential; latent faculties; potential capacities

2

to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

1

to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)

5

to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air

1

to weaken

5

to live long; to survive

2

brush tip; first on a list; head; chief

11

very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)

3

to count again

1

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

4

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

3

giving a broad smile

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mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

15

to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked

6