jpdb beta

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

9

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

1

fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen

1

tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded

1

to begin shooting; to shoot out

1

in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

1

to build up; to establish (one's reputation)

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

1

innumerable; countless; numberless

2

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

8

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

2

one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword

2

rock

1

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

3

attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

5

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

1

now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns

1

offense and defense; offence and defence

1

war situation; progress of a battle

1

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

1

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

3

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

1

to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with

2

temperature; body temperature (human, animal)

1

maintenance; preservation; improvement

2

scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting

1

inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

1

fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical

1

soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat

2

dirty; underhand; immoral; illegal

1

tactics; strategy

1

icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice

5

sky; air; mid-air

2

way; method; means; resource; course

1

probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't

1

to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

1

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

1

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

1

true; real; genuine; proper; utter

2

to smash to pieces

1

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

1

to defeat

1

unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

1

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

2

dividing line; parting (of the hair); partition; crisis

1

child

6

young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age

2

woman; female; feminine gender

2