jpdb beta

spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful

1

in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on

1

strategist

1

plan; scheme; stratagem; trick; trap; plot

4

impregnable

2

to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce

1

to fear; to be afraid of

8

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

1

enemy fleet

20

not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond

1

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

3

to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

1

every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)

1

to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

1

Kentucky; Kentucky Fried Chicken; KFC

15

(military) expedition; campaign; expedition (for exploration, research, etc.); travelling (a long way); tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.)

2

to try to do; to attempt to do

2

Mahan

10

chief of staff

15

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

(gun) salute

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

6

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

2

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

3

to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout

1

dolphin (or other small toothed whales, incl. porpoises, belugas, etc.)

4

Columbus; Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506)

2

powerful deity (sometimes impetuous); miraculous spirit

1

image; figure; figure; form; image

1

to carve (design)

1

to go out and away; to leave

3

they; those guys; those fellows

3

bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden

3

battle cry; war cry

1

the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance

1

air flotilla; air fleet; combat aviation unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy

5

Amazon (river, rainforest, etc.); Amazon (female warrior)

15

Orion; Orion (nebula)

20

Saratoga

5

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes

1

signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal

19

to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

1

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

3

lee of an island; area hidden by an island

1

several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number

1

to toss (i.e. one's head); to wave (i.e. a flag); to stand up energetically; to raise one's voice

1

to; towards; for

7

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

25

Mongol invasions of Japan (1274, 1281)

1

great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy

4