jpdb beta

war; battle; match; game; competition

9

other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for

3

to give directions; to issue instructions

5

next; secondly; subsequently

15

associate; junior; assistant; runner-up

1

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

1

timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)

3

fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge

5

on the occasion of; at the time of

5

wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability

5

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

1

to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending

8

to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept

5

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

2

yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle

5

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

5

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

2

perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime

3

to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly

2

comma; decimal point; radix point

5

to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match

2

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

2

to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself

2

to call in; to invite; to bring in

1

to run off; to break into a run; to start running

3

to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue

5

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

1

to laugh scornfully

3

sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination

1

ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)

1

raging fire; conflagration

2

mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box

6

closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling

1

persuasion

5

to tear off; to rip off; to peel off

1

losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent; losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard

1

remains; corpse; (dead) body

2

to tear off; to rip off

5

thump; clang; clank

1

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

5

lack of experience

1

to get used to hearing

1

to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about

1

ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness

1

to become better; to improve

1

guts; bowels; intestines

1

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

2

to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

4

law of inertia

2

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

4