jpdb beta

oath; vow; pledge; covenant

3

expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment

1

foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land

4

slave; servant; slavery

1

to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage

1

from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts

1

runner-up

1

to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

1

bitter

2

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

1

monster

1

just one person; only one

1

next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence

1

official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open

1

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

2

to be well-known

1

authority; power; influence

1

aggression; invasion; raid

1

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

2

(not) even; (not) any

1

to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill

1

to happen to meet; to come across

1

warmth

1

edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication

1

common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank

1

visitor; caller

1

horseback; riding

1

evening meal; dinner

2

actually; in fact; as a matter of fact

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

2

to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake

1

in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

2

to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef; to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties

1

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

1

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

1

swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing (boxing); swing

1

door (Western-style, car, etc.)

1

by itself; automatically; naturally

1

heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding

1

heartbeat

1

new customer

1

to breathe

1

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

4

to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate

2

being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing

1

to beat fast (of a heart); to hammer

1

to act suspiciously; to behave in a strange way

2

without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately

1

secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private

1

natural product; product of nature

1