jpdb beta

master swordsman; skilled fencer

2

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...

1

to steal; to rob; to take away

1

approximately the same

1

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

1

to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)

1

however; but

1

regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing

1

purgatory

1

disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

1

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

1

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

1

arrest; apprehension; capture

1

finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

1

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

1

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

1

Japan

3

grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

1

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

1

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

1

alone; by oneself; on one's own

1

enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten

1

to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup

1

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

1

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

2

Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe

1

strong nation; powerful country

1

in succession; one by one

1

weak country

1

colonization; colonisation

1

present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

1

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

1

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

1

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

3

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

2

strong person; the strong; the powerful

1

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

1

again; once more; a second time

1

snakes and scorpions; something detestable

1

to become; to be

1

dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point

1

space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)

2

face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

1

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

1

slow; late; too late

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

1

to get tired of waiting

1

you; I; me; oneself

1