jpdb beta

good opportunity; chance

1

pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase; follow-up attack

8

seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock

1

decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)

3

revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization

3

to fall flat; to fall face down

1

to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove

6

reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)

4

to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

1

hungry (e.g. for success)

1

to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

2

(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious

1

cool-headed; unflappable; having nerves of steel; dauntless

1

(another's) daughter; young lady

3

who

1

ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

2

sorting fruit

1

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

2

to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)

1

self-introduction

4

to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

1

locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem

1

worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched

1

old man; old geezer

1

tea party

1

the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

3

driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance

1

to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on

1

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

4

our country; our land; one's own country

1

loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending

1

matter causing distress; something causing worry

1

good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend

2

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

1

how should I know?; don't ask me

1

by all means; at all costs; absolutely

3

play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack

3

progress; advance; making (good) progress

5

hindrance; intrusion

2

to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up

1

appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a piece of type)

1

apt to think; tend to think

1

intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view

4

to say; to be pleased to say

1

aspiration; volunteering; desire; application

1

(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

crash; smash; crunch; bang

1

yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh

2