jpdb beta

straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt

1

match (contest); to match with; to go well with

1

estimation; criticism; comment

1

prediction; prophecy; prognostication

2

longing; great desire; aspiration

2

to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)

2

strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)

4

haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

1

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

4

intrusion; forced entry

2

full-length marathon

1

total exhaustion

1

before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

4

garrison; military base

2

making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)

2

unsuitable; inappropriate; improper

1

custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

5

traditional

1

shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player

2

you (plural)

7

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

1

to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one

1

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)

1

snappingly; with a snap

2

prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum

1

shaking violently

1

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

4

miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors

1

to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

3

fish

1

the ocean; the great deep

1

adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

2

pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask

1

O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

1

to make tea

1

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

5

institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)

6

preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike

5

opposite direction

2

(electrical) excitation

1

instead of; replacing; on behalf of

2

transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay

1

the entire strength; all hands; all the members

2

reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity

3

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

1

international problem

2

transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

5

not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)

2

to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up

2