jpdb beta

to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind

1

opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

1

foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

1

taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)

1

glaring at; lording over

1

condition; situation; prospects

1

consecutive victories; series of victories

1

intentional; on purpose

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

1

being truly angry

3

long military service; having experienced many battles

1

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

3

respect; esteem; regard

2

private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)

1

summer season

1

suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday

1

trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal

1

to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

1

devotion; attachment; infatuation

1

annoying; noisy; strict

1

(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

2

famous; well-known; renowned; your name

1

marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)

2

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

2

for one's age

1

classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture

1

practical skill

2

to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)

1

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

1

pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.

1

kanji; Chinese character

1

something-something; yada yada; so-and-so

1

omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement

1

amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities

1

in public; in company

1

ostentation; display

1

to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

3

difficult problem; challenge

1

inference; deduction; induction; reasoning

1

hard worker; hardworking person

1

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

2

seeming very

2

alone; by oneself; on one's own

1

stay; sojourn

1

to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

2

small talk; chat; gossip

2

confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself

1

consecutive defeats; series of defeats

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

3

to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge

3