jpdb beta

to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with

2

tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)

1

to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious

1

to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer

1

not becoming a problem; out of the question; not worth considering; insignificant; negligible

1

to win; to gain victory

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to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

2

to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)

1

department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion

3

touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency

1

having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

4

somehow; for some reason or other

2

to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life

1

agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting

2

to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)

4

obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity

1

revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth

1

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

2

(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit

1

repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well

1

beyond one's control; nothing one can do

1

even

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

1

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

13

now; nowadays

1

time; season; period; phase; stage

1

to subsist; to keep on living

1

to look as if one is important; to swagger around

1

diligent; absorbed (in something)

1

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

1

arrival

1

coachman; driver; cabman; postilion

1

stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)

2

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

1

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

2

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

7

receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)

4

to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)

1

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

1

depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)

2

cylinder

2

humming a tune (while doing something else)

1

length (of an animal); body length

1

easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over

3

from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first

2

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of

3

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

1

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

1

to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up

2

subordinate person

7