jpdb beta

difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

3

head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest

1

another day; some other day

2

unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking

1

conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control

1

interference; intervention; meddling

6

negative emotions; negative feelings

3

amplification; magnification; amplification; making larger

4

to degenerate; to lapse into

1

to keep standing; to stand motionless

2

many; numerous

1

overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown

1

spiral

1

reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai

1

setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement

3

to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke

2

clergyman; churchman; clergy

3

main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall

3

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

2

to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer

4

act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct

5

endless; ceaseless

1

to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out

2

to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after

1

ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful

4

bad; evil

2

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

4

what on Earth is this?

4

to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)

1

butterfly (swimming stroke); G-string; gee-string

3

to make light of; to ignore; to slight

9

to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

2

first love; puppy love

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die

4

attaining enlightenment; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)

1

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

2

miniboss; sub-boss; mid-boss; underboss (of a criminal organization)

1

exploding

1

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

6

any number of times

4

once in a lifetime; once in one's life

1

Anna era (968.8.13-970.3.25); Anwa era

1

obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper

2

outer wall

3

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)

2

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

6

to declare confidently; to declare proudly; to declare dramatically; to strike a pose (for dramatic effect)

1

stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing

5

to gush out

1

hot-water tap; hot spring

3