jpdb beta

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating

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to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

2

to choose; to select

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kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)

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vigorously; swiftly

2

thigh; femoral

2

completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow

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inside the gates

1

accompanied by a woman; accompanied by women

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(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary

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to be worried; to be troubled

2

reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

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hawk; falcon

2

knife blade; sword blade

3

to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape

1

dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

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one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping

4

great numbers; numerical superiority

4

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

3

urban areas; the streets; town; city

1

to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together

1

friend; acquaintance

2

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

1

eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

2

drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice

1

each (every) time; whenever

4

house across the street; neighbor across the street

1

street fighting; urban warfare

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battle array; battle formation; battlefield

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Uesugi Kenshin (1530-1578)

1

battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

2

great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy

1

gravel; ballast; pebbles

1

quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

1

to fight against; to oppose; to face

2

(top of) shoulder

1

to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip

1

to be breathtaking; to be stifling

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abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

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to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

2

part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono); percentage; commission

1

Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry

1

bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane

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to run out (e.g. of the room)

1

way out; means of escape

3

front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan

1

to part left and right; to open out

2

to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with

1

(dead) body; corpse

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