jpdb beta

special award; special prize

5

person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)

1

special selection; special approval; special prize; highest honours

1

gold (first-place) prize

7

proud; haughty; arrogant

5

to make a serious effort

2

to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize

1

winning (a prize)

3

painter; artist

3

victory celebration party; victory banquet

1

band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)

1

vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude

5

art

1

feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear

7

sketch

1

density

1

water's surface

1

next year; next fiscal year

3

setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement

4

to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky

2

dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course

16

allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance

1

living expenses

2

cut; reduction; curtailment

1

several tens

2

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

1

banquet or reception hall

1

array; muster; line-up; full force

2

scale; vernier

2

getting big laughs just from appearing on the stage (or screen, etc.)

1

obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability

3

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

6

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

2

to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

4

to satisfy one's appetite

1

to come and go; to go back and forth

3

near-miss; just missing (each other)

1

what do you want?; can I help you?

3

rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof

1

selling like mad; selling like hotcakes; flying off the shelves

1

to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect

2

challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive

3

keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills

3

to gain a bad reputation; to fall into ill repute

1

dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure

8

to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor

1

relation; relative; kind; cordial

4

waterside; waterfront

1

interference; intervention; meddling

3

presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd

6