jpdb beta

veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience

1

saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb

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if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

1

taking the initiative

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to achieve success

1

to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority

1

assurance; guarantee

1

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

1

eternity; perpetuity; permanence

3

diamond (mineral, gemstone); diamond; infield; diamond (card suit)

3

brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

4

J-pop; Japanese pop

1

soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek

1

intro; introduction

1

representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number

2

five-family unit; five-man group; quintet

1

man; male; masculine gender

3

popular name; common name; nickname; alias

1

composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun

9

record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document

2

to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

1

famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece

1

disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn

1

to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale

2

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

1

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

1

song lyrics; words of a song; libretto

2

immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity

1

first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)

4

comparatively; relatively

1

interval; step; pitch; key

1

iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner

1

female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)

14

of no interest; not interested

1

maid

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to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

6

to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

2

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

2

hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

1

uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

1

rust

6

please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

1

compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit

1

practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

2

memories; recollections; reminiscence

2

gem; jewel; precious stone

1

for example

3

rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

1

counterattack

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