jpdb beta

forward inclination (of the body); bending forward; anteversion

2

drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice

1

scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market

1

game; contest; bout

1

to step over or across; to overcome

1

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

1

(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter

3

gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

1

scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

6

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

2

sliding

4

sweeping sideways; mowing down

2

flash; brandish

1

to slip through; to slip past; to evade

4

without

2

to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)

3

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

2

female warrior; amazon

3

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

2

temple (Buddhist); central pillar of a pagoda; kshetra (realm, country); ksetra

1

scratch; graze; abrasion

2

oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

3

calvaria; area at top of head; parietal

1

inseam; inside leg

1

to slip through; to make one's way through quickly

1

to jump up; to spring up

2

grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball

1

synchronized; synchronised

1

locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition

1

priority

1

physical strength; brute strength; arm strength

1

with all one's strength; with all one's might

1

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

2

to cut open; to cut apart; to divide; to split

1

to do so; to do thus

1

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

4

deep crimson

3

to blaze; to burn brightly

2

sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment

2

no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...

2

to leap back; to jump back

1

point-blank range

1

a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a

1

evening; dusk; twilight

1

offensive (movement); aggression

1

warrior

7

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

1

trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

1

eighty; 80

3

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

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