jpdb beta

following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing

1

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

12

explosion; rupture; break off

1

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

1

to bloom in profusion

1

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

preservation; retainment; keeping

2

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

1

tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

1

main street

1

cupola; dome; vault

1

building; structure

1

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

1

acceleration; speeding up

2

immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily

1

citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class

2

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

1

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

1

wind god

1

to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

2

storm; windstorm; gale

1

destruction; collapse; crumbling

1

sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively

1

to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb

1

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

1

thud

3

to rock; to shake; to swing

1

comparatively; relatively

1

manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle

1

power

1

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

3

various; many; several

1

be (that) as it may; having said that

1

threat; menace

1

combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

1

formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy

1

leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level

2

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

consists of; comprises; is made up of

1

army corps; corps

2

to trample flat; to beat a path

1

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

3

to put one's strength into

1

to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable

1

you (plural); all of you; you all

1

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

powering up

1

decisive battle of brief duration

1

no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable

1