jpdb beta

that; those; the

2

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

2

to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet

1

at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

1

Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)

1

police superintendent

4

composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

1

front (in battle)

1

to face; to go towards; to head towards

1

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

4

oh; yes; huh?; hm?

2

to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

1

important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials

1

be; is

4

to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept

2

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

1

battle; fight; combat

2

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

1

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

2

both armies; both teams; both sides

2

exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

1

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

2

like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul

1

to kill each other

1

sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

1

suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)

1

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

4

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

2

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

2

man and horse; rider and horse; centaur

1

to get wet

1

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

2

not limited to; not just ...

1

peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades

1

siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

2

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

1

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

1

to repeat; to do something over again

1

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

1

with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by

2

overwhelming

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military force; force of arms; strength of an army

2

latest style

1

gun; cannon; artillery

1