jpdb beta

the front

1

half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far

1

half-dead

1

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

4

superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

1

to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki

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another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!

2

noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick

1

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

1

only; merely; just; at most; no more than

1

to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

1

to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

1

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

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title; caption; heading

2

a little bit; a little while

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counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins); counter for palanquins, rickshaws, and similar vehicles

2

volley (of fire); salvo; fusillade; simultaneous firing (of guns or artillery)

1

muscular; strong-muscled

1

firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship

1

to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience

3

long sword; minute hand (of a clock)

1

making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared; rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

1

reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy

1

desperately; recklessly; (rushing) headlong

1

short spear; javelin

1

lucky shot; fluke

1

(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation

1

to be able to see

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to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

3

shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

1

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

1

burning (something) away; burning (something) down

5

thermite; thermit

5

to have a guilty conscience; to have (something) lie heavy on one's conscience

1

intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

2

absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another

1

to slay; to cut down (a foe)

1

reinforcements; reserve troops; rear guard; attacking from the rear; pincer movement from the back

1

not worth considering; out of the question

1

cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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posture; position; stance

1

to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)

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locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition

1

per capita; per person

1

fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent

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merely for form's sake

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to have luck on one's side; to get lucky; to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise)

1

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

1

terrible (video) game; crappy game; rubbish game

1