jpdb beta

supporting role (actor); minor role

8

role of the villain; the bad guy

9

semi-; quasi-; associate

3

class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.

2

to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out

1

duty; role; function

2

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

2

boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)

4

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

1

miniboss; sub-boss; mid-boss; underboss (of a criminal organization)

1

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

14

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

4

immaturity; infancy

1

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

3

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

4

flawless; absolute perfection

1

strongest

2

conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over

5

trauma (usu. psychological)

1

place; room; margin; scope

4

no matter how much time passes

1

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

9

precisely because

4

instability; insecurity; crankiness

1

speech and conduct; words and deeds

5

change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly

1

worst case

2

scarce; few remaining

1

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

1

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

1

most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

3

one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword

1

smith; blacksmith

1

craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

1

pupil; student; schoolchild

4

searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)

1

female teacher

1

linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction

1

unlikely; improbable

1

differentiation

4

contrast; comparison

4

choices; alternatives; options

4

to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited

5

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

4

fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

1

ideal; ideals

1

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

1

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

6

sympathy; empathy; response

4

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

3