jpdb beta

shout of abuse; jeers; boos

3

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

1

fist-sized

1

pitching ability; counter for pitches

1

beginning; start

3

stone throwing

2

to intervene; to stop (something)

1

forever; in perpetuity

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

1

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

1

to dye; to colour; to color

2

thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about

2

compromise; concession

1

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

3

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

2

carrying voice; well-projected voice

1

representative; delegate

1

village headman; village mayor

2

to wait upon; to serve

1

rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion

1

relief; rescue

2

accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement

1

to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do

1

once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime

1

precedent

2

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

1

villager

5

disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance

2

fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax

1

matter; item; facts

1

antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling

1

collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing

1

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

3

languid; listless

2

to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time

1

armor and helmet (armour)

9

to bear; to shoulder

3

large sword; long sword

15

thick; meaty; fleshy

2

peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

2

grater (esp. the variety used in Japanese cooking to grate foods very finely)

1

unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness

2

guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)

2

to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store

6

to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

2

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

5

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

2

stealthily; secretly; in secret

2

to discuss; to talk together

1