jpdb beta

start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

1

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

5

to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about

1

once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

1

withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

1

thrill

1

optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

3

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

2

formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy

1

fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)

2

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

4

with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill

1

one year ago

6

killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

1

nonstandard; substandard

1

small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person

1

to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death

2

to engrave; to carve out

1

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

1

favorite; favourite; habitually used

1

bayonet; guns and swords

1

at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

2

embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

1

to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)

3

to leap back; to jump back

1

to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution

1

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

2

so; like this; in this way

5

ant

1

to grow up; to become an adult

1

harmful insect; noxious insect; vermin; pest

1

professional killer; hit man

2

side job; sideline; subsidiary business

1

another; different; something else

2

to overflow from something full

1

in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

2

ha ha ha (laughter)

2

skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument

1

to burst into laughter

2

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

1

three persons; three parties

2

lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild

2

to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart

2

to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)

1

irritant odor; irritant odour; irritating smell (odor, odour)

1

alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer

9

purity (of a substance)

2

to cool down one's anger

1

one more time; once more; once again

2