jpdb beta

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

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to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)

1

entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

1

to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

2

oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say

1

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

1

puddle of blood; pool of blood

1

witnessing; observing; sighting

3

bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans

3

gate guard (during the ritsuryo system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryo system)

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twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

1

-years-old

2

adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

1

embodiment; realization; materialization

1

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

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uncle

1

expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment

3

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

2

rebel; traitor; insurgent

1

one month

1

considerably; greatly; a lot

1

to recover; to be healed

1

to be hesitant; to feel timid

1

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

2

on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

2

comparison

1

apparent age (of someone); rough age

1

martial arts

1

short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty

1

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

1

to become famous

1

the street; the town

1

to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

1

duel; shoot-out

2

interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)

3

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

left foot; left leg

1

to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back

1

battle

1

big tree

1

to mow; to reap; to harvest

2

ability; skill; facility

3

equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)

1

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

1

the universe; the cosmos

1

putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

1

damage; injury

1

feint

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even more; still more; further

1

offensive (movement); aggression

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