jpdb beta

pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names

12

alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

8

all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

4

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

2

army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

4

birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday

1

dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity

2

to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)

1

versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing

6

damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

4

even though things may appear this way

1

readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)

4

you (plural)

3

... all over again (repeating the same failure)

1

Mazda (car company)

1

to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

2

one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances

3

mixed (e.g. team, chorus)

2

battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

4

killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

2

encampment; position; side; end; goal area

12

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

7

to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious

1

leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader

2

don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised

1

to throw back

1

return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

4

payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

1

hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!

31

danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

sphere; globe; ball; sphere; counter for pitches

1

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

33

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

5

to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)

4

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

3

it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

2

to be softened; to calm down

2

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

1

four-handed performance (on the piano)

2

phew; whew

1

out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit

2

replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling

3

diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

2

whichever one chooses; either way

1

having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance

1

tch; ugh; damn

5

to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around; to take part in a pitching duel

2

support

1

clean hit

1