jpdb beta

to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased

2

exchange; conversion

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assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; spotting (in weight training)

1

battlefield; battleground

1

riding fast; driving a horse fast

1

if it is not ...; if it does not ...

2

cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds

1

to attack and scatter; to argue vehemently

1

attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill); samurai who tries out his sword on a passerby

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slashing (with the blade pressed against the object); mowing down (the enemy); cutting down (one after the other); clean sweep; sweeping conquest

1

hacking to pieces

1

(arch.) Chinese bamboo; (arch.) bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes); descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)

1

wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder

1

to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow

2

headwind; adverse wind

1

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

1

Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands

1

will to fight; fighting spirit; morale

4

loss; forfeit

2

to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)

1

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

1

remnants of a defeated army

1

to make (someone) wait; to take more time (than anticipated)

1

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

1

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

1

all members; whole army

1

counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

6

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

1

to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay

1

leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing

1

very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

1

jump; leap; skip; bound

3

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

2

(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

1

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

2

dozens; scores of; decades

3

to knead well; to polish; to refine

1

meteor

1

condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration; condensation (of a vapour or gas)

4

decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out

1

dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)

1

comet

1

to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)

2

trembling; quaking; shaking; earthquake

1

transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination

1

concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period

2

spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)

2

to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison

1

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled

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crater; pockmark

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