jpdb beta

batting average

1

home run

1

countrified; unsophisticated; unfashionable; uncool; lacking refinement

1

reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

2

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

1

change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)

2

way of speaking; intimation

2

chasing after women; womanizing

1

sense of defeat

4

quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless

3

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

4

custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

2

to have one's hands slip (and drop something)

1

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

1

currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air

1

one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance

2

feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke

4

(my) wife; inside the home; one's family

4

moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

1

beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

1

to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of

3

restitution; damages; indemnity; compensation

2

compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages

1

large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)

2

many thousands

1

to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards

1

reason; logic; sense; truth; right

3

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

2

interest rate; interest

1

cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)

1

gambling

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amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby

3

come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something

4

nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

5

affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders

1

absolutely; positively; decidedly

2

seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words

1

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

1

to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted

2

sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged

1

to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control

2

thief; robber

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

one's own child; one's own children

2

to shake; to waver; to tremble

1

styrofoam; styrene foam; expanded polystyrene

1

sheet; thin plate

1

to rust; to become rusty

1

addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)

1

spirit power; magical power

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