jpdb beta

to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

2

speed

1

flash; brandish

2

easily

2

fall; drop; descent; coming down

1

possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely

2

to fly in the air

1

treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

1

improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

1

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

7

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

1

immediately; promptly

2

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

1

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

1

hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)

3

hitting a ball; batting; stroke

4

tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)

2

to laugh scornfully

1

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

2

weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

3

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

2

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

3

blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing

1

to look towards

3

all; every

3

only; sole; unique

1

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

1

viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...

1

in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue

2

without

1

confrontation; showdown

1

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

2

fierce attack

1

paper-thin (difference)

1

to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle

1

to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

1

wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder

2

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon

1

warp; curvature; curve; arch

1

length of a blade (sword, knife, etc.); walking on the edge of a sword

1

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

4

to grasp; to get

1

rush; charge

1

to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept

1

to slip through; to slip past; to evade

1

tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

2

to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed

2

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

4