jpdb beta

head start; initiative; preemption

1

omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping; tenuki; playing elsewhere on the board instead of responding locally

4

to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)

3

defensive fight (battle)

4

gist; main point

4

to count; to enumerate

2

even if I told you

3

distribution; allotment

3

root; basis; foundation

4

contest; competition; struggle; scramble

2

good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit

8

verbal promise; one's word

2

agreement; stipulation; contract

3

to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)

1

too much; excessive; too

28

irresponsibility

1

not worth considering; out of the question

2

to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)

2

obvious; undeniable

2

game in which players must complete monotonous tasks to advance; game which requires grinding

1

subject; theme; motif

1

closing; closure; shutdown; lockout

1

heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength

1

ant

7

stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture

1

performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment

1

without thinking of the consequences

2

to plunder; to capture; to seize; to snatch away; to steal; to grab away

1

to be excited; to be elated

4

one's old bones; old man

5

young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy

2

ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance

5

not; does not exist

2

with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves

3

to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

14

to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success

1

head

1

to cut off; to lop off; to prune

3

ruffian; rowdy (person)

2

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

11

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

11

programme; program; plans; arrangements

3

to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by

13

good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

6

leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals

6

resistance

4

battle formation; disposition of troops

1

bastards; guys; lads

2

yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)

2

to toss away; to throw out

2