jpdb beta

favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title

1

emperor (of Japan); mikado

10

senior high school; high school

5

combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination

1

hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

4

rather; better; instead; if anything

1

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

1

you; I; me; oneself

5

to have the nerve to

3

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

2

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

2

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

1

we; us

5

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

1

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing

1

overall victory; championship

1

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

2

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

3

good grief

2

truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

5

impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky

1

rookie

1

reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

1

victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

3

probability; likelihood; chances

2

nine; 9

1

percent; percentage

1

good performance; good work; great success

1

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

3

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

1

alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

3

evening sun; setting sun

1

to face; to go towards; to head towards

1

dash

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

2

classical; classic

1

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

5

isn't that right?

4

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

7

overwork

1

you (plural)

1

to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

2

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

2

I; me; you; manservant

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

1

to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?

4