jpdb beta

gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor

1

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

4

without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)

1

rampart; castle walls

1

firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship

1

one's left hand; (lit.) bow hand

5

yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly

1

to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege

1

bipartite; in two parts; double

1

two (long cylindrical things)

1

giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

6

passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage

1

thunderous roar; roaring sound

2

dust; one ten-billionth

1

to crumble away; to collapse

1

provisional contract

1

one's whole body

1

invisibility

1

lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily

1

to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

1

weak person; the weak

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

entrance

1

to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

1

to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

2

pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

1

ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness

1

to become better; to improve

3

Imperial Guards

5

to be uniform (in size and quality); to be uniformly good

1

word; remark; statement

1

upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs

1

just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

1

corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

3

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

3

attendant; attendance upon another

1

station; office; guardroom

1

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

3

to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors

1

they (females); them

1

to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

1

admirable; laudable

2

Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard

4

commanding officer

4

good-looking man; fine figure of a man

1

one's person

1

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

1

to force one's way through

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

1