jpdb beta

to compete with; to vie for

6

tendency; trend; inclination

2

honour; honor

4

canter; gallop

2

stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)

1

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

1

to play a leading role; to play a central part

2

main force; chief object; mainline

3

diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint

4

attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment

3

map

4

west coast; west bank

5

eastern coast; east bank

8

virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless

1

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)

7

supply; provision; raising; procurement

5

small scale

3

willpower; energy; vitality

1

(army) provisions; food

2

shortest

1

depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)

1

a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

2

yawn; yawning

2

star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

10

the second time

1

to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)

2

command; lead; generalship; leadership

7

defense; defence; protection

5

to pull down

2

each person

1

to boost; to force up; to push up

1

irritating; frustrating

2

morning mist

1

northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife

2

together; at the same time; same; identical

6

8000; eight thousand; many

3

having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

2

when; at what point

2

to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind

1

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

6

(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

2

to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)

1

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

3

one's own property; possessions

1

to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist

1

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

4

death in battle; death on the battlefield

2

honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love

1

diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing

1

political

1