jpdb beta

candle

1

clothespin; clothes peg

1

crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

1

decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)

1

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

3

order; turn

1

eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

2

match point

2

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

4

one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

1

muscle

2

to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)

1

burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

1

to fade; to become dim

1

extreme brutality; atrocity; heinousness; heinous nature

1

growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing

1

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily

1

to grumble about something (trivial)

1

to be exhausted; to be tired out; to be worn out

1

front; frontage; facade; main

3

how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

1

warming up; warm-up

1

to perspire; to sweat

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

1

hitting (a ball with a bat, racket, golf club, etc.); batting; batted ball; struck ball

1

garlic (Allium sativum)

1

rice field

1

garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek

1

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

1

repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually

1

great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo

1

sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky

1

spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen

5

representative; exemplary; model

1

the times; the world; society

1

supplement

1

faint memory; vague memory; dim memory; vague recollection

1

shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse (of the Edo shogunate)

1

banana

1

carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

1

long and narrow

1

in the belly; in one's heart of hearts

1

nuance

1

unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

1

Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

1

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning

1

ginger (Zingiber officinale)

1

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

2