jpdb beta

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

3

securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

1

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

4

posture; stance

4

by sheer strength; by brute force

1

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

5

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

3

easy; simple; light

1

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

3

in this case

1

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

4

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money

6

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

8

is not; am not; are not

16

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

8

balance

4

lips

10

a lick; one lick; engulfing (e.g. of fire); enveloping; consuming

1

operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

6

fulcrum

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

3

leg; leg portion; foot (of a page)

1

pendulum

1

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

1

whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)

1

centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance

1

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

9

to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

7

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

16

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

1

little by little

1

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

4

mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief

2

to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

1

end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

10

one (more) effort; one (more) push; a try; a go

1

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

1

freedom; liberty

2

muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked

2

to step firmly; to harden by treading

2

laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker

13

cheer; shout of joy

2

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

10

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

22

tip of one's nose

3

to rub; to scrub; to scrape

1

one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

1

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

21

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

6

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

1