jpdb beta

to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch

2

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

5

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

3

thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father

2

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

7

polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough

4

flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

2

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

3

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

13

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

5

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

2

reason; cause; circumstances

3

to seize the initiative

3

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

1

to advance a pawn

4

to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

2

to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)

1

overall; on the whole

2

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

6

figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design

1

all companies; each company

2

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

1

condition; situation; prospects

11

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

1

a gap develops; a significant difference emerges

1

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

3

fighting bravely; strenuous efforts

1

the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

1

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

2

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

1

offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding

1

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

1

endgame; final stage

7

strength; power; proficiency; ability

9

attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of

6

inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability

2

strategy; tactics

1

to excel; to surpass

1

popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

4

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)

2

this sort of

1

plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

1

variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables

2

for this reason

9

unexpected result; upset; surprise

1

to be possible to occur

1

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

2

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both

2

that kind; competition; match

3

wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)

1