jpdb beta

to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

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mis-match

1

strip show; striptease; stripping; removing one's clothes; strip (e.g. of wood)

1

giant

1

tile (e.g. roof)

1

rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment

1

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

3

falsetto

1

singing enthusiastically

1

aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser

1

participants; participating athletes

2

commencing with; including

1

entry number

1

chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.)

1

student card; student ID

3

astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful

1

question and answer session

1

crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

2

(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

3

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

striking just before one's opponent makes a move

1

vocalization; vocalisation

1

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered

6

to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to be satisfied; to be sated; to be satiated

1

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

3

to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive

1

heavy thunder

2

tsunami; tidal wave

1

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

2

affectation; pretension

1

to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

2

row house built on top of a castle wall; row houses surrounding a main residence; having great knowledge about Buddhism; Vaisravana (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)

1

carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness; negligence

1

woman's looks; woman's charm

1

whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)

1

to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily

1

stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)

2

good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

2

pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

2

dear friends; (all of) you or those men

1

again; once again; yet again

1

to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit

1

to work without sleep or rest

1

(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank

2

to knead; to turn

1

another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!

2

tea party

2

still better; even better

1

climax; uprush; bulge

2