jpdb beta

perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

1

bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand

2

to detain; to check; to restrain

1

overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown

1

to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink

1

Japan's best; number one in Japan

1

correction; rectification; mending; repair

1

to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)

1

successor

1

firm refusal

1

percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)

1

continuing to pitch

1

return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR

2

treatment (of a person); dealing with

1

poor physical health; bad shape

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

1

to conspire (with); to prearrange

1

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

3

exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks

1

re-examination; reinvestigation

1

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

1

destruction of evidence

1

concealment; shelter; harboring; harbouring

1

bottom of one's heart

1

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

1

present post; current office; (an) incumbent

1

generation; the world; the age

1

inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

1

negative; minus

1

badness; evilness; bad; evil

1

decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay

1

(together) with; -wide; including

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

1

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

1

so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

1

double suicide; lovers' suicide

1

to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss

1

to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in

1

to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep

2

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

1

to become clear; to be made public

1

sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination

2

clear; precise; definite; distinct

1

(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

1

giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

1

back (of body)

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small; little; tiny

2