jpdb beta

offensive (movement); aggression

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repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

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cause of defeat

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defense; defence; safeguard; protection

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encampment; position; side; end; goal area

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to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)

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thorough; exhaustive; complete

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the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

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supply route; supply road; communications (military)

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often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

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making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)

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appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom

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the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

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

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ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage

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and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time

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sly; cunning; crafty

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battalion; large force

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superficial; half-hearted; shallow

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... all over again (repeating the same failure)

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cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)

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tough; strong; tenacious

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how many years; how long; what year

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military system; military organization; military organisation

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reform; reformation; reorganization

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to temper thoroughly; to train well

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ironware

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complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal

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in addition to this

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large; large-sized; large-scale; big

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to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of

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defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

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damage; injury; loss

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to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

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care; precaution; guarding; caution

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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

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to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible

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defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying

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excellent plan; best policy

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to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand

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long throw

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catapult; ballista; mangonel; onager; trebuchet

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ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price

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pendulum

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hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel

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castle gate

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to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck

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battering ram

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elite; best; pick; cream of the crop

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