jpdb beta

retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

2

close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related

2

amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger

2

to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away

2

to kill each other

1

before now; hitherto

1

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

2

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

1

miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary

2

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

2

attentiveness

1

vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse

2

unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

5

focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

1

to become settled; to be fixed

3

several steps

2

puppet; marionette

1

to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action

1

to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)

1

stroke of sword

1

to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

1

immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily

1

groan; moan; moaning

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

3

eyelid

1

to stare back at; to look back at

1

careless

1

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

1

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

1

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

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

6

soldier

1

patriarch; head of a family

1

shout of victory; cry of triumph

1

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

3

victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome

1

to decide; to determine

1

war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset

3

as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

2

tribe; clan; house

1

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

3

to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

2

to ask; to enquire; to query

1

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

foolish; stupid; silly

1

question; query

3

to question again; to repeat a question (esp. a problematic point, or to verify understanding); to repeat a query

2

way; method; means

2

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

1

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

1