jpdb beta

bullet; shot; shell

1

tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus

4

sword; blade; single stroke

1

to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

4

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

1

elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy

2

swordsmanship

1

blue moon

2

last year

1

year before last

1

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

4

prize winner; pennant winner; victor

2

nickname

1

national convention; national competition; national athletic meet

5

(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)

4

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

1

watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)

1

being the runner-up; finishing second

2

right to appear (e.g. in Olympics); berth

1

kendo hall

1

overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team

1

to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating

1

every year; yearly; annually

1

best; vest

1

swordsman; swordswoman; fencer

2

overall victory; championship

1

great swordsman; master fencer

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

1

counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.

1

short (of a person)

1

one or two sizes (bigger, etc.); one or two levels (better, more mature, etc.)

1

presence (impressive quality)

2

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

1

beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

2

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

2

grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

2

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

1

how long; how much; to what extent

3

user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift

1

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

1

limit; bound

2

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

1

large; large-sized; large-scale; big

1

clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt

1

to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place

1

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

1

(doing) as one is told

1

to join forces with; to cooperate with

1

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

2

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

3