jpdb beta

ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

4

being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)

2

spectators; onlookers; members of the audience

1

fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)

3

glaringly (staring)

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

115

scales; weighing machine

5

waste; uselessness; redundance

1

order; sequence; procedure

3

to be the case that

27

luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

29

having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

7

footwear; footgear; shoes

1

to warm; to heat

11

in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

14

bay; gulf; inlet

36

there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

55

to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat

3

hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

10

pose; pause

33

athlete's oath of fair play

2

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

53

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

6

passion; enthusiasm; zeal

12

disgrace; humiliation

4

inside one's heart; in one's mind

22

athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day

5

mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight

2

combination; union; incorporation; congruence

3

coordinated group gymnastics (in which teams form pyramids or other shapes)

1

willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord

10

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

18

hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes

2

rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling

6

cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

7

back (of a chair)

3

to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on

26

curl; curly hair; ringlet

1

life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

3

to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale

6

impregnable

2

to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds

1

good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)

1

lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

1

clapping hands; applause

18

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

11

whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)

16

to wrap up

8

second day of the month; two days

8