jpdb beta

to give; to do (something) for

4

(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)

1

as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible

1

number of persons; personnel

2

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

3

to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)

4

monarch's guards

3

leader of a charge; first to arrive

2

kitchen

1

lunch; midday meal

1

about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip

2

to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)

2

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

2

need; want; necessity; costs; expenses

1

fully prepared; all ready

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

2

offense and defense; offence and defence

7

evening; dusk

4

hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

7

common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling

4

all members; whole army

7

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

8

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

5

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

1

average; mean; balance; equilibrium

2

square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface

2

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

1

the latest information

2

bluff

1

aspiration; ambition

1

to be (deeply) touched by; to be struck by

1

to destroy

3

he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period

1

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

1

to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

3

whatever the case; under any circumstances

1

to let die

3

suicide

3

new moon; crescent moon

1

to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly

2

shades of evening; dead of night

2

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

11

backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal

1

capitulation; surrender; submission; yield

25

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

1

to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of

7

starvation tactics

2

to dry up; to parch; to ebb away

2

lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

4

fierce animal; beast of prey; big game

6