jpdb beta

to pull tight; to brace; to tighten

4

hooray!; cheers!; bravo!; loud (e.g. applause); enthusiastic; tumultuous

3

clapping and cheering; applause

3

feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly

1

to sidle up to

2

to envelop; to blanket; to cloak

2

to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back

4

plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)

2

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

3

with a broad grin; smirking

2

to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely

1

true character; true heart; true spirit

1

to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic

1

noodles; (arch.) flour

1

central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses

1

turn (in line); order of things; sequential order

2

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

4

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

2

insisting

2

to get tired out; to be exhausted

1

to pass the baton (e.g. in a relay race); to pass the baton; to hand on the torch

1

probability; likelihood; chances

1

stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar

4

payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

1

commanding; awe-inspiring; bitter (cold); piercing

3

to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back

2

to cover up; to conceal

4

newcomer; tyro

1

long-serving soldier; veteran

2

to torment; to harass; to tease

2

to vent one's anger

1

martial artist

1

sidelocks; hair at the temples

1

handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse

3

front tooth

4

orbital floor (thin bone floor of eye socket)

2

to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

2

audience; spectator; spectators

6

cheer; shout of joy

15

autumn; fall

11

we have a result!; game over!; match!

5

winner; victor

15

careful observation; close attention

7

Usami

19

Shingo

2

annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat

9

impressions; thoughts; feelings; opinions

1

coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

3

to look around; to look towards (us)

4

gazing at (in wonderment)

1