jpdb beta

decision; determination

7

matter; item; facts

4

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

1

large; gland; ground (e.g. land, electrical, base material of textiles, etc.)

1

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

1

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

1

ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

9

soccer ball; football (as used in soccer)

1

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

3

soccer; seersucker

2

to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish

2

shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.); shoot (of a tree or plant); chute; shuuto; shootball

5

unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous

1

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

14

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

2

striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt

1

moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)

1

to rush over; to run up to

1

to lend a hand; to help

1

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

1

it seems that; as if

4

(divine) punishment; curse; retribution

1

to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

1

to be able to manage somehow or another

1

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

3

to play with; to toy with; to tease

11

item; something that one "just has to have"

47

way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

2

green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass; cat teaser (cat toy); kitty teaser

1

tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)

3

to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

4

to attempt; to test; to try out

2

once more; again

6

oh; ah; I'll be darned

7

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

2

to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

12

to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

2

process; course; mechanism

1

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

10

therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason

3

joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party

2

to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

9

extreme sadist; very sadistic

1

mild

1

rock-paper-scissors (game); janken

28

to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

1

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

6

(Western) playing cards

4

pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing

1