jpdb beta

good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

1

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

1

voice quality; type of voice

3

to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight

1

husky; huskie

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

2

impossible; unlikely; improbable

2

going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

1

a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number

3

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

1

guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)

2

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

2

looks

1

stage; performance

17

glory; splendour; honour

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

2

just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

1

the latter

1

judgment; judgement; divination; judgement

2

any more; any further; any better; any longer

3

to seize the initiative

1

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

2

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

1

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

2

still (continuing); as ever; further

3

to argue vehemently

1

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

2

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

1

rejection; dismissal

1

to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

2

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

1

original story; original version; this volume

8

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

3

the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

1

graduate; alumnus

1

pointing out; identification

4

is not; am not; are not

3

necessary; indispensable; must-have; must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine

1

myself

1

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

1

preference; priority; precedence

2

neutrality

1

the same; the said; likewise

1

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

2

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

2

presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation

2

only; nothing but

2

popular

2

disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

1

extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument

1