jpdb beta

verbal promise; one's word

1

totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up

1

ballot box

1

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

1

leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase

1

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

8

assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together

1

dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)

2

supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder

1

first time; first; initial

1

loud sound; loud reverberation

2

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

1

to take advantage of an opportunity

1

each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

3

removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.); withdrawal (of troops); pulling out; evacuation

1

deposit; earnest money

1

chapter one; first chapter

1

wish; desire; request; prayer

1

to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to get angry; to snap

1

campfire

1

folk dance

2

reflection; reflected light; reflected heat; glare

1

contrast

1

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

one never knows (what will happen); there's no telling (what the future holds)

1

treasure; treasured item; prized possession

4

party game in which a randomly selected "king" issues orders to other players

1

indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating

2

finally; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

1

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

2

self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

2

ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

1

with set eyes

1

stale; hackneyed; clichéd

2

finger marks; dirt from the hands

1

to blacken; to darken

1

one's subordinate

1

to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

1

eternity; perpetuity

6

same sort; same kind; same genus; homologous; congeneric

1

patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)

1

diverse; various

1

compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation

2

impostor; imposter; pretender; liar

5

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

1

coexistence

3

to love and be loved back; to love and be loved in return; to give and receive love

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important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)

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reversion; atavism

2

psychopath

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