jpdb beta

first 10 days of the month

1

meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally

3

effort; initiative; dealing with; bout (in sports, etc.); match

1

centipede race (foot race in which teams of runners are tied together)

7

unbeatable; invincible; irresistible

3

to write in

1

mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight

2

game in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole

2

mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation

11

persistently bothering someone (for no good reason); tedious interaction; frivolous pestering; making pointless conversation

2

to use as an example; to take as an illustration; to draw a parallel

2

conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover

2

here and there; in places

4

exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout

1

(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing

7

manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit

1

identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination

2

to assist; to help out

2

leader of a group

4

carrying voice; well-projected voice

1

good impression; favorable impression

1

to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular

4

within the school

4

excess; surplus; superabundance

1

talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque

4

trademark

6

to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

1

can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...

1

distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment

3

to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

2

evaluation criteria; evaluation standard

1

bare eyes (i.e. without glasses, contact lenses, etc.); uncorrected vision; unaided vision

1

sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign

2

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

3

being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town

1

new (musical) composition; new piece; new song

1

anime song

1

song lyrics; words of a song; libretto

2

beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought

1

to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks

1

to speak ill of; to disparage

1

feeling good; feeling pleasant

1

what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)

2

to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

1

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

2

deep emotion; impression; inspiration

1

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

2

to blow out (a flame)

1

successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another

4

(appropriate for) one's age

2