jpdb beta

to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

2

hand used like a sword in striking

1

manners; behavior; behaviour

1

both arms

5

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

3

sense of defeat

1

revenge

1

something small; something petty; trifle

2

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

3

victim

3

usurpation

1

to (do) like this

2

labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

1

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

1

famous; fame

3

believer; adherent

2

demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof

1

arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished

1

village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

4

retribution

4

perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy

1

to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

2

high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway

4

specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

1

priest's garb

1

bald head; baldness

4

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

3

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

2

modus operandi; criminal technique; trick

1

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

3

minute adjustment; fine tuning

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

4

to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off

1

loved one; lover; sweetheart

1

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

5

I; me

4

no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

8

certain death

1

first person

1

mature; becoming precocious

1

to age; to grow old

2

laugh; laughter

1

perfection; thoroughness; consummation

2

process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work

1

guess; conjecture

3

woman; girl

1

to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)

1

evidence; proof; witness

1

state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

2