jpdb beta

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

2

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

7

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

1

speed

3

power

2

technique

3

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

4

practical problem; practical matter

2

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

1

optimistic; hopeful

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

6

rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations

1

it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say

3

professional

2

to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target

1

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

1

exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail

2

intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum

1

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire

1

to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring

1

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

2

senior high school student

1

logic; logical

2

team

2

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

2

close; intimate; on good terms

2

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

2

to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

1

inexpert or untrained eyes

1

condition; situation; prospects

1

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

1

excelling; surpassing; outdoing

1

overhand grip

1

point of a sword

1

to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open

1

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

3

to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

2

left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)

13

elbow

1

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

2

muffled voice

1

sweeping sideways; mowing down

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

1

remaining; left-over; excess

2

well done!; bravo

1

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

3

to put to sleep; to kill

1

sleeping pill; sleep medication

1

polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

1

sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death

1