jpdb beta

to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence

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voltage; excitement; enthusiasm

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climax; peak; zenith; apex

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to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...

1

(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around

6

chameleon

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to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

2

rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling

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predation; eating prey; preying upon

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vise; vice; capstan; windlass; cargo net

3

to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts

2

rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together

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stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously

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proficient; skilled; skillful; enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with)

2

cheek

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tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard

2

to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

2

to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe

3

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

3

to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

10

permission; approval; authorization; license

12

one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (food); take-out; takeaway

6

minutes (period of)

3

leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning

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urgency; emergency

13

maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling

5

(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase

4

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

3

critical

2

versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing

1

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

4

two outs

1

to be almost finished

2

to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

1

and then; and so; and; so then

1

to move (house); to change residence

9

batting practice facility; batting practice center; batting cage

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

4

diversion (from one's worries, troubles, etc.); distraction; amusement

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catcher; catcher (person or device)

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mitt

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(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock

1

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

8

cloud of dust; sandstorm

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to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

6

blazing fastball

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Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan; Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture); National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium)

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shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation

6

bandage; dressing

2

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

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