jpdb beta

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

1

(once) again

2

not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect

5

both schools; both universities

1

close contest; close match; close game; close combat

1

was; were

1

second half; latter half

1

to rally; to make a comeback

2

last; final; end; conclusion; rust

4

having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something

1

bed

1

physical condition; state of health

2

borrowed thing

1

glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination

1

shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

8

scrunchie; hair tie covered in fabric

3

destination; whereabouts; future; prospects

2

to hate; to dislike

2

(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)

5

participation; joining; entry; adherence

4

item; event

4

the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult

1

poor physical health; bad shape

1

abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)

1

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

2

announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release

1

participants; participating athletes

2

to pretend; to feign

1

if so; in that case; in that situation

3

victory or defeat; victory and defeat

2

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

13

to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

2

mike; mic; microphone

23

game; match; contest

1

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

3

runner; base runner

3

Perry; Peli; Pelly; Perri

1

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

1

barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock

2

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

10

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

2

rock-paper-scissors (game); janken

2

clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)

2

lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash

2

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

15

IQ; intelligence quotient

1

corn dog (frankfurter on a stick dipped in batter and deep-fried); corndog

1

and; thereupon; because of that

1

next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor

4

flora

36