jpdb beta

to increase; to grow

5

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

4

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

2

forelock; bangs

2

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

3

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

7

look, look!

6

to escape; to run away

21

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

1

stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole

1

to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip

1

why; how

5

to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

9

coward

2

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

5

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

2

to attack; to assault; to assail

1

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

5

to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched

15

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

1

thumb; big toe

3

to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard

2

drawing a sword; drawn sword

2

to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes

1

impossible

3

to shine

1

sun; sunshine; sunlight

1

at times; occasionally

8

to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

4

to unsheathe

2

apparently; appears to be

2

blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

13

knife blade; sword blade

1

while; during (the time when)

4

washi; Japanese paper

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

7

distance; range

5

iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards

1

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

2

posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

1

blow; hit; stroke

2

bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)

2

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

1

stroke of sword

3

to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

3

failure; mistake; blunder

5

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

2

still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

2

training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

2