jpdb beta

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

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even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

1

to be too late; to be too slow

1

prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity

1

lethal; fatal

1

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

3

how many people; a number of people

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way; method; means

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to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege

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to ascend; to go up; to climb

3

supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

1

base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold

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to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept

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sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)

2

can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...

1

chain of command

1

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

1

not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned

1

several people; a few people

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management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

3

to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

2

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

3

march; advance

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to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

3

to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

1

assassination

3

holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

1

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

3

civil war

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to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)

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defense; defence; fielding

1

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

2

violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority

1

to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

1

return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)

2

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

1

head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)

3

castle siege

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to do something distinguished; to perform great deeds; to distinguish oneself (e.g. in war)

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easy-to-understand

2

achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service

2

to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person

1

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

1

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

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to be blinded by greed

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body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

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wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

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below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

2

lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine

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