jpdb beta

BC; Before Christ

1

pinch-hitting

2

regular customer; valued client

1

sock it!; wallop it!; make a good hit!

1

day game

2

big fan (of something or someone); great fan

1

news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement

1

small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

2

one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting

1

report to the Emperor

1

heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity

1

weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain

5

indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

3

eternity; perpetuity; permanence

3

hair coloring; hair colouring; hair dye

1

makuragaeshi; monster that flips pillows over at night; changing a pillow position (esp. for a dead body); acrobatic routine involving multiple wooden pillows

2

original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive

3

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

2

to wait for an opportunity

1

one defeat

2

work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking

1

watering (plants)

1

quits; even; square

2

early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

2

to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)

3

to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy

1

ambition; aspiration

2

to extol; to give praise

1

Old World vulture

1

expressive power; inventiveness; creative power

1

laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

3

parameter

2

swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; swastika-shaped family crest; wow; yeah

1

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

5

polishing (e.g. essay); revision; elaboration; refinement; improvement

1

good evening

2

well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...

1

soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings

1

lever; joystick; liver

2

hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors

1

postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.

2

neigh; whinny

1

to highlight something; to bring something to the forefront

2

pathos; sorrow; grief

1

to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

1

to panic; to freak out; to fly into a tizzy

1

timely; well-timed; clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit

1

clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit

1

caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman

1

high praise; rave review

1