jpdb beta

gently (falling)

1

swordsmanship

1

agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK

3

cawing (of a crow)

1

nature; disposition

1

collecting; assembling

1

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

3

unveiling; debut; introduction

2

weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight

1

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

1

conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over

2

incense

1

running water; stream

1

indoor; inside the room

3

air hole; windhole; ventilator

1

midday; broad daylight

1

disapproval

2

lean figure; slim figure

1

rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)

1

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

2

(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling

3

angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger

5

boundary; bounds of the earth

1

boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

1

day and night

6

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

1

to breathe heavily

1

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

1

makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure

1

to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness

2

to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out

1

using every trick (in the book)

1

attendant; companion

1

vigorous; healthy; sound

2

to cross swords (with)

1

pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

chief; main; principal; important

1

loss; forfeit

1

focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

1

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

1

to read (a book, etc.) over again

2

there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means

1

to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side

1

noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism

3

undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows

1

instinctive; instinctual

1

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

5

strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)

2

mysterious presence; mysterious atmosphere; aura of mystery

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