jpdb beta

as soon as; right after

1

tent

4

enemy general

1

attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack

1

to declare confidently; to declare proudly; to declare dramatically; to strike a pose (for dramatic effect)

1

to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape

1

purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used

1

to gain strength; to gather momentum; to be encouraged; to be heartened; to be invigorated; to take heart

2

destiny; will of Heaven; luck

1

one's native land

1

triumphant return; returning in triumph

1

out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent

3

flight; escape

1

relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening

1

absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing

2

doubling; double

1

chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc

2

vision (of the future); foresight; large display screen; imagination; insight; (sense of) sight

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

1

sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable

3

bodyguard; escort

2

twosome; duo; pair

3

fragment; broken piece; one of the same group; accomplice; one of a pair; counterpart

3

tedious; boring; being fed up with

2

stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing

2

starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card

1

boisterous dance

1

nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name

2

fear index; volatility index

1

horror film; horror movie

2

soap

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another

1

Ema

2

single combat; duel; one-on-one fight

6

control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition

1

handsome

1

depending on; dependent on

1

trusting too much; overestimating ability

1

empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness

2

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

to be slow in saying

1

idiotic; dolt; bonehead

1

stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)

1

person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily

1

giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names

2

partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)

1

headquarters

1

ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound

1

transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination

4

control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order

3