jpdb beta

pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase; follow-up attack

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persecution; oppression

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to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue

1

decorations; offerings; mere window dressing

1

title; name; degree

1

to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

1

nerve; nerves; sensitivity

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rubbing (someone) the wrong way; irritating (someone)

1

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

15

to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy

1

to revere; to respect; to worship

1

beyond saving

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to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name

2

not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is

1

fool

1

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

1

one's mind

3

ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

1

trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish

1

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

1

to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)

1

to speak ill of; to disparage

1

certainly; surely

1

bull's-eye; the mark

1

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

1

to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

1

kick

5

stabbing; piercing

2

together with; same; both; all; including ...

2

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

1

fatal wound

3

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

3

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment

1

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

1

peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

1

made of iron

1

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

1

(hand) weapon; (arch.) one's forte; (arch.) one's special skill; (arch.) weapon one is skilled in using

1

to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy

2

end; conclusion

1

to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

1

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

1

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

5

confusion; distraction; derangement

2

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

3

hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip

2

even if not; even without

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to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

1

rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling

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