jpdb beta

bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence

1

be (that) as it may; having said that

2

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

2

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

4

re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-

1

invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

2

to help out of (trouble); to extricate

2

thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

5

murder; killing; murderer

1

brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded

1

customer; client; patron

1

rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)

1

assassin

18

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

1

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

1

muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something

1

to sleep in peace; to sleep without fear

1

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

9

(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by

1

absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)

1

to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

2

vein (esp. in head)

1

a bit more; a bit longer

8

calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable

2

to be bloodthirsty

1

to dirty one's hands

1

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

1

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

1

murder; murderer

1

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

2

murder; homicide; manslaughter

2

intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse

1

severe; strict; tough; hard

2

to kill each other

1

mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day

1

shell; cannonball

13

power; might; authority; influence

5

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

2

taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication

1

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

1

that; the matter in question

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

2

to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

1

to be allowed to practice with a partner of higher skill (esp. in sumo)

1

incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling

1

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

10

afterwards

1

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

1

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

4