jpdb beta

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

10

cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required

2

equipment

2

mobility

2

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

8

light infantry

2

heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored

1

iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable

1

strength; power; proficiency; ability

2

jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold

2

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

5

archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier

8

pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia

1

longbow

5

crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult

3

crossbow

1

long distance; tele-

1

to shoot a person to death

1

rapid-fire

4

ability; performance; efficiency

2

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

3

rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion

1

crossbow

2

difficult to ...; hard to ...

2

to make up the number; to have a complete set of

1

battlefield; battleground

4

floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)

1

to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout

2

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

1

samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight

6

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

2

regarding highly; attaching importance to

1

range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)

7

nearing the enemy; coming into contact with the enemy

2

having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end

1

branch of an army

2

castle siege

3

class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.

2

other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary

2

participation; joining; entry; adherence

1

(army) provisions; food

1

Transportation Corps (service branch of the Imperial Japanese Army)

1

injured person; wounded person; casualty

1

combat medic; medic

1

large; large-sized; large-scale; big

3

arms; weapon; ordnance

8

to assemble; to set up; to construct

1

combat engineer; military engineer; combat engineering; military engineering

1

disturbance; perturbation; derangement

1

to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated

2