jpdb beta

transcendence; excellence; superiority

1

hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined

3

barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless

2

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

4

competition; rivalry; something worth doing

1

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

10

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

4

match; game; bout; contest

29

educational institution; school; academy; campus

19

elementary; primary

12

department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category

19

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

8

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

9

war; battle; match; game; competition

9

to finish; to graduate

12

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

9

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

3

fifth day of the month; five days

1

to take careful aim

3

Children's Day (national holiday; May 5)

1

due form; official; formality

2

woman; girl

12

assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

1

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

1

to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by

6

doing long training runs

2

one's home; one's house

2

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

26

before the gate; in front of the gate

1

to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

5

provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

5

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

2

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

2

protracted war; war of attrition

1

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

1

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

16

small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

6

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

2

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

24

please; somehow or other; one way or another

4

self-admonition

1

sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

2

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

50

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

14

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

12

at any rate; anyhow

5

that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

22

saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension

2

to watch over; to watch attentively

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