jpdb beta

(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance

1

thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about

1

asphalt

1

player (of a sport); athlete; team member

3

to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

3

to gather

1

to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse

1

activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role

1

seeing; looking at

1

standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high

1

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

3

inter-scholastic athletics competition

1

armed forces; military; troops

1

salute; bow

1

right about-face

2

lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt

1

to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes

1

badminton club

1

the whole country

3

Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

1

many thousands

1

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat

1

athlete

2

muscle

1

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

1

sit-up; abdominal muscles; abs

1

eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

4

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

1

hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste

1

circuitous; roundabout; indirect

1

beyond that point; after that

1

to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

1

to give a little chuckle; to let out a giggle

1

badminton

2

competitor; contestant; player; athlete

1

to revere; to respect; to worship

1

influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

1

to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)

1

please; somehow or other; one way or another

1

exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

1

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

2

calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind

2

to state one's opinion

1

adult; grown-up

4

shop

1

finding employment; getting a job

1

it seems so; that's what it looks like

1

nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

3