jpdb beta

to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes

2

the lion's share; the cream

1

subordinate; underling; henchman; minion

2

lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

7

common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling

1

two minutes

1

succeeding; following; trailing; next

2

to sit on a seat

2

bridegroom

4

both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence

1

official uniform; official dress

6

to hold (something) reverently with both hands

2

stir; commotion; noise

11

deceitful; cruel

1

likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do

2

to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)

1

if you value your life

1

in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma

5

to cut at; to slash at

4

seal of blood; sealing with one's blood

1

before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future

1

brazen-faced (about one's misdeed); audacious (despite being in the wrong); shameless; impudent

1

bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

1

Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

3

judicial affairs; clerical duty (in a temple)

1

execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple

1

battle formation; disposition of troops

1

structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

1

sadistic

1

restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself

3

trapped with no way of escape; (lit.) rat in a bag

2

brief moment; blink of an eye (time span)

2

throbbingly (of pain)

2

to check; to stop; to keep back

4

scaffold; gallows

3

yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

6

threatening words

1

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

3

to gouge out; to cut out; to scoop out; to bring to light; to reveal

1

to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress

2

to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)

4

each and all; every single one; everybody

3

condition; situation; prospects

1

(death by) hanging

1

cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up

1

order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

3

to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.); to be destroyed; to fall through; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; to be routed

1

sly

1

to shame the name (of); to blot the reputation (of)

2