jpdb beta

(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead

1

to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand

1

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

2

corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

1

upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person

1

kill; kill (shot); smash; spike (in volleyball)

7

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

1

order; discipline; regularity; system; method

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

2

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

5

speech; address

1

double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; (lit.) double-tongued

1

sample; specimen; pattern; model; example

1

white poplar (Populus alba)

1

Emperor Jinmu; legendary founding Emperor of Japan

1

public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir

1

financial world; business circles

1

without; unless; have to do

1

boat

2

dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry

2

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

1

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

1

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

1

substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)

2

three years

3

intercept; interception; counter-attack

1

interceptor; interceptor aircraft

1

cruiser

7

absentmindedly; dazedly; vaguely

2

to have no chance (of succeeding)

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

1

gun; cannon; artillery

6

mini-; miniskirt; mini-skirt

1

energy source

1

handle; grip; knob

1

watch-keeping; guard; lookout

1

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

2

limit; bound

2

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

3

imprisonment

1

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

snow-bearing wind; wind bringing snow

2

torpedo

1

each and every; all

2

be (that) as it may; having said that

2

to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

1

to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear

3

curse; spell; malediction

2

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

1