jpdb beta

(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)

9

elitism; idea of being part of a chosen people

1

fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization

1

to let someone say

2

leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar

1

eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)

5

to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool

3

boy; child; youth; brat

1

one-to-one; one-on-one

3

to take someone down a peg; to cut someone down to size; to dampen someone's confidence

1

close call; narrow margin; the eleventh hour

2

condition

3

to go fast; to drive fast; to speed

2

just a little

1

to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

5

to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)

3

to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly

4

draw (in competition); tie game

1

overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory

3

the lower classes; the masses; the common people; underclass; riffraff

1

in that respect; on that point; in that regard

1

unpleasant to hear; difficult to hear

1

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

2

play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest

4

fighting bravely; strenuous efforts

4

to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate

1

to say goodbye; to bid farewell

3

wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice

1

pursuer; pursuing party; posse; (arch.) tailwind; (arch.) favorable wind; (arch.) fair wind

2

assistance; aid; support

3

within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area

1

peace preservation; security; safety

2

identification papers; ID

1

load; freight; cargo

2

deliverer; deliveryman; delivery person

2

employee; employment

1

the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess

1

wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper

1

lineage; pedigree; family line; birth

1

to ride side by side; to walk side by side; to go together; to join forces; to work together; (lit.) to line up horses' bits

1

accidental resemblance

1

to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities; to slip away; to abscond

2

to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

2

loser; defeated person; the defeated

4

batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest

2

to take the form (of); to assume a shape

1

to show in; to usher in

1

like he said; same for me; ditto

1

two classes; double; two sets

1

dam

2