jpdb beta

war of words

2

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

1

to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with

2

vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant

2

to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

6

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

2

to compete with; to vie for

3

diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry

1

rock-paper-scissors (game); janken

1

three-way deadlock

1

example; instance; precedent; custom; habit

2

to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

1

adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

2

ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for

2

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality

1

historical; traditional; historic

1

general; popular; common; typical

1

hiding; concealment

1

negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible

1

sophistry; sophism

1

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

3

willpower; energy; vitality

1

basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)

1

in hand; on hand; on one; handheld

1

participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest

1

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

3

to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill

3

to want; to desire

1

killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time

1

to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill

2

roof

1

hegemony

2

raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning

1

bundle; bunch; sheaf

1

easily; readily; with ease; without trouble

1

to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity

1

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

2

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

1

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

1

to grow restive; to begin to act violently

1

to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up

1

some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part

1

astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast

1

field; field; meadow; field (of interest, study, etc.); field; field (in a form, web page, etc.)

1

green; green color

1

postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence

1

nowhere

1

to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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