jpdb beta

war; fighting; fierce competition

2

dozens; scores of; decades

1

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

3

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

1

only; just

1

to scurry home; to run home; to fly back

1

way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!

3

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

1

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

2

rather; better; instead; if anything

9

to attract public attention; to create a stir; to arouse interest

1

tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

1

twice

2

to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books

4

treasure

1

to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly

3

military officer; naval officer

2

civil official

2

cheering in chorus; saying in unison

1

bravery; military prowess; valour; valor

2

to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire

2

commencing with; including

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

1

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

4

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

2

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

before long; even now

3

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

2

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

3

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

1

to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)

2

highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)

1

favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title

2

corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

1

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

2

advance; charge

1

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

3

successive championships

1

to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply

2

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

1

omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

1

to become better; to improve

2

falling down one after another (like dominoes); toppling shogi pieces (lined up in a row)

1

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

1

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

1

comparatively; relatively

5

sympathy; compassion; pity

1

to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

2

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

1