jpdb beta

bishop's staff; khakkhara

1

oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!

3

such ... as; or some such

3

to give way to the light of the morning (i.e. the darkness gives way)

1

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

2

Japanese-style writing desk

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

2

to thrust before; to thrust at

2

both shoulders

1

chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air

1

daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

6

low table

1

to sit down

2

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

5

question; inquiry; enquiry

3

commissioned officer

3

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

3

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

to take a breath; to take a short rest

3

to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge

6

match declared drawn due to injury

1

pain; agony; bitterness

1

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

4

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

2

to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to

2

simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie

1

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

1

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

9

sword skills; swordsmanship

1

even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should

2

equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

6

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

1

experience

5

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

5

instructor; (fencing) teacher; model

1

to praise; to extol; to laud; to appreciate; to admire

1

for this reason

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

9

be; is

2

to fight; to exchange blows; to rally

3

evening; night; dinner

9

personal combat; one-to-one fight

1

weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight

2

spark

3

to the end

1

military man

1

smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth

1

vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent

2

military service; combat experience

1