jpdb beta

civil official

1

counter for colours

2

military officer; naval officer

1

each; respectively

1

spurt

1

both; (not) either

2

decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)

2

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

1

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

1

comparison

1

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

1

diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing

1

success; hit

2

top three

1

three-way deadlock

1

unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

1

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

1

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

3

subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge

1

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

1

armistice; ceasefire

2

be (that) as it may; having said that

1

temporary

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

3

advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus

1

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

1

what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on

1

to do a meritorious deed

1

to some extent; to a certain extent

1

to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war

1

period; term; interval

1

disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

1

war; battle; match; game; competition

1

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

3

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

1

older brother

1

Christa

4

to cling to; to embrace

1

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

1

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

2

reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

1

Letitia

9

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

instead; but (on the other hand)

2

second

2

saint; holy woman

3

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

1

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

1

measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy

1