jpdb beta

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

2

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

1

footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)

1

search party

1

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

2

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

1

to make sense; to be meaningful

1

thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

1

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

1

to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

1

to rest one's chin in one's hands

1

frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

1

particularly; only; in the case of

2

youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

1

to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps

1

to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly

1

sooner or later

1

to neigh

1

power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour

1

surprise attack

3

to launch a surprise attack

1

rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water

4

grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

3

to thrust away; to send flying

1

still; even now

1

driftwood

3

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

2

running water; stream

1

boss; leader

1

mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet

1

to come surging (waves, enemy troops, etc.)

1

to shoot down; to win; to gain

1

the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

1

front part; fore; front

1

to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

1

way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!

1

extermination; annihilation

2

(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag

1

throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction

1

to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best

1

art of war; strategy; tactics

3

ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law

1

ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power

1

to take command; to give direction

1

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

1

decrease; reduction; decline

1

dripping wet; soaked; drenched

3

to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand

2

to step over or across; to overcome

1

to cross over; to wade

1