jpdb beta

iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner

1

impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

1

having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism

1

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

1

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about

1

to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off

1

plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution

1

bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion

1

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

1

trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass

1

after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present

1

inconvenient

4

daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough

2

employee; worker

1

name; title

1

to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine

1

uncertainty; inaccuracy; incorrectness

1

fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention

1

to take the initiative

1

contemplation; meditation

1

disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation

12

chance (of success); odds

2

surprise attack

1

win or lose; sink or swim; make or break; all or nothing

1

judgment; judgement; discernment

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

diagonal (line)

1

interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)

1

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

2

to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)

1

misfire

2

to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly

1

confronting directly; meeting face-to-face

1

revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization

1

to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront

1

bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)

1

to pieces; into shreds

1

tenacity; endurance

1

to miss; to fail to capitalize; to fail to capitalise

3

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

1

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...

1

another; different; something else

2

to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay

1

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

1

to grill again; to rehash

1

collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline

1

to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand

1

enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle

1

good opportunity; chance

3