jpdb beta

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

1

darkness

1

small number; few; minority

1

boy; son; baby boy; young man

1

rival; competition

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

tingling; stinging; pungently

1

you (plural); all of you; you all

5

snapping one's fingers; finger-snap

1

table tennis; ping-pong

1

smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.

1

colored ball; anti-thief colored ball (filled with a colored dye); paintball

1

ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

44

fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern

1

marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles

5

comprehensive; composite; all-embracing

1

victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome

2

game

13

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

1

appearing all together

1

disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference

4

hard; tough; hardware; hard disk

1

(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director

1

many; varied; all sorts; crowded; large (e.g. helping)

1

younger brother

1

naughty; mischievous; unruly

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

1

crowd of people

1

ahem

1

possession; owning

1

three minutes

1

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

1

addition; adding; supplement

1

battle

1

fixtures; furnishings; equipment

3

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly

1

to shed light; to cast light

1

golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny

1

bonus

1

standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move

2

does not seem (to be)

1

of all people

1

there being no use in arguing (about it)

1

plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode

3

compared with

1

extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism

1

big treat; great offer

1

minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)

4

high-risk, high-return

1