jpdb beta

brazenly; unabashedly

1

to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)

2

kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage

1

to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get

52

dullard; indecisive person

1

high-grade sake; fine drink

3

to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded

8

of late; lately; this part; this point; here

13

conspiracy; collusion; complicity

1

to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself

9

feeling of war-weariness

2

becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality

1

lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head

2

backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog

3

established policy; existing procedures

2

the first to thrust a spear (at the enemy); the first to achieve fame; the first to achieve merit

1

military; strategic

1

advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

15

cavalry

86

dead

2

slight movement; slight tremor; quiver

6

parallel; equal; match

1

enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board

11

battalion; large force

1

fifth

15

to boost; to force up; to push up

3

eleven; 11; jack

9

twelve; 12; queen

6

thirteen; 13; king

17

competition; rivalry; feeling that something is worth the effort; motivation; enthusiasm

2

retreat; withdrawal; retirement

4

to give one's life; to lay down one's life

6

rear guard

8

cease-fire; truce; armistice

1

realism

1

taking no notice (of); showing no interest (in); paying no attention (to); ignoring completely

2

to install (a person) in (someone's) place

1

to rant and rave; to raise hell

3

suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

6

positioning side-by-side; parallel arrangement; going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner

1

nothing special; nothing significant; not a problem

1

mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)

4

to smile

8

one horseman

7

to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar

2

to fight to the bitter end

6

comeback victory; comeback

1

to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off

8

to make use of; to use (money) for; to lend (money); to advance (e.g. a loan); to accommodate (someone) with

3

capture (of enemy weapons, supplies, etc.); seizure; plunder

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