jpdb beta

influence; clout; leverage

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick

1

accomplice; cohort

1

inference; deduction; induction; reasoning

1

timing

3

dying; death; dead; useless; damned

2

each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of

1

to be all smiles

1

stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce

1

to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off

1

solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause

1

fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary

3

to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry

1

to open some distance (e.g. with other people)

1

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

2

rebel; traitor

1

eye-witness; witness

1

How are you?; What's up?

2

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

1

shamelessly; brazenly

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

1

samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy

2

to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things

1

meaning; called; said

1

quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

4

firearms; missile; projectile weapon

9

rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling

1

feeling heavy in the head; heavy-headed; sick with worry

1

first; new

2

to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

5

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

2

improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

1

to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen

2

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

7

left end; left edge

1

forearm

2

to splash; to spray

1

tennis

1

crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe

1

getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

3

the scruff or nape of the neck

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

1

to go straight to the point; to cut it short

2

easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk

2

bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood

4

Edo period (1603-1868)

1

to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation

3

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

3

drop (e.g. of water); drip

1

simply; merely; only; solely

1