jpdb beta

Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

2

temple's territory; temple's estate

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area; domain; territory; field; range; region

1

true to one's name; living up to one's name

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to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

2

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

3

call; appeal

3

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

1

structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

2

one's last moments; death throes; agony of death

3

one by one; one after another; successively

9

to stab to death

1

persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

3

Bushido; samurai code of chivalry

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wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly

2

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

12

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

4

zombie

3

way one walks; one's walk

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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

to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

2

quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble

1

cloud

2

in two equal parts

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

9

encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement

3

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

5

revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

2

to strain or exert oneself; to go all out

1

tornado; waterspout

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sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor

3

power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience

3

excelling; surpassing; outdoing

1

offensive ability

3

to keep away; to keep at a distance

2

corner; nook

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

2

prey; victim

3

clothes

1

to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince

1

lower jaw; mandible

1

to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

4

zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping

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egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)

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eye socket; orbit

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himself; he himself

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to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

2

sadness; sorrow; grief

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to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

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to become thin; to fade; to grow pale

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