jpdb beta

pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

1

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

1

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

3

to speak; to hear a voice

2

making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)

1

eight; 8

6

(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

10

skill

1

to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

1

fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly

1

to enjoy (oneself)

5

arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

1

pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing

1

to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

2

to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

1

to take back

1

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

2

death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

1

parabola

1

beyond; across; the other side; the distance

1

to triumph; to be elated with success

2

table tennis

1

unexpected comeback

1

to pick up; to find; to gather

1

serve; serving (e.g. of food)

6

reopening; resumption; restarting

3

mistake; error; blunder

4

again (and again); once again; yet again

1

order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive

1

posture; stance

2

(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling

1

to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve

1

pipe; tube

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

2

dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove

1

the opposite direction; the other way

2

unhittable return in tennis

1

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

16

technique; art; skill; move

1

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

1

retaliation; revenge

1

to hate; to dislike; to loathe

4

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

1

gene; genetic

1

tiny; little; wee

2

screaming fit; tantrum; (baby) crying hysterically

2

in those days

3

adult; grown-up

4