jpdb beta

cluster of trees; grove; thicket

1

canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests

2

rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area

1

arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo

1

gunfire

1

smoke of powder and hail of bullets; (in) the thick of the raging battle

1

baptism

2

to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate

2

in very small pieces

1

rapid-fire

3

plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

2

to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch

1

technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities

1

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

4

next generation; future generation

1

armament; soldier's equipment

3

saving from the brink of death

1

secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)

2

alloy

1

establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration

1

restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion

1

gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

2

to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit

1

private citizen; civilian

2

relief; aid; rescue

1

superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

1

machine gun

3

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

2

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

2

extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant

1

stone (used for throwing)

2

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

1

running the whole distance

1

launching pad

1

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

3

moment; instant

1

to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach

1

left hook (e.g. in boxing, etc.)

1

wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps

1

article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article

2

bandolier; bandoleer; ammo belt; driving band (of a shell or bullet); rotating band

1

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

1

if possible

1

figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight

2

upper arm

1

pectoralis major muscle

1

crosspiece (between pillars, etc.); penetrating tie beam

1

(of a smell, esp. a good smell) strong

1

bad smell; stink

1