jpdb beta

back; rear; background; behind the scenes

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(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

2

non-combatant; civilian

1

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

1

body guard; military escort

11

simultaneously; all at once; in unison

1

to start to move; to get going; to come alive

2

(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray

1

riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)

1

to hang; to hang up

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

5

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

3

ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head

1

to point at

5

ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front

5

man and horse; rider and horse; centaur

2

plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation

4

meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor

2

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

3

premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

1

sunset

1

messenger; envoy; emissary

2

confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up

4

please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if

3

hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

1

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

1

to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)

2

telescope

2

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

11

rustic; rude; vulgar; rough

1

or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

4

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

1

armed forces; military; troops

1

splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough

3

nape (of the neck); nucha

2

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

10

clasp; latch; catch; fastener

1

to do

11

(wielding) dual swords (esp. in fiction); twin swords; pair of Chinese straight swords wielded simultaneously (oft. sharing a single scabbard)

1

hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip

2

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

4

birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin

2

there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

5

obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity

2

to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

1

impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous

2

to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

3

to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2

reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)

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