jpdb beta

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

4

being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)

1

corpse; dead person

4

preservation; retainment; keeping

4

strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat

2

to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

1

defeat; loss; reverse; setback

6

evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat

15

to call in; to invite; to bring in

1

serious; severe; grave; acute

3

too much; excessively; too

1

area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata

2

long

1

one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)

1

small; narrow; familiar prefix; slightly; a bit

1

Yorii

4

region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata

12

Usui Pass

17

abandoned railway line; closed railway line; discontinued line

2

to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on

1

roadbed

3

exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

5

all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern

1

right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon

1

apologetic

1

one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key

3

attendance; presence; appearance

13

joint session

1

player put on starting list to be replaced by another when the opponent's pitcher is known

4

advice

3

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

2

one's own style; self-taught manner

2

amateur

1

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

7

warm; mild; genial

2

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

3

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

2

to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up

2

rental video; video rental shop

1

how many times?

10

Earth; the globe

2

colony

1

establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

1

unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)

2

to find oneself in deep trouble; to be deep in the shit

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

2

active; positive; progressive

1

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting

1