jpdb beta

assistance (in a fight); help; aid; helper; supporter

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foundation; basis

1

pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity

1

single combat; duel; one-on-one fight

1

by all means; at all costs; absolutely

2

Ooshima

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small island; islet

3

Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)

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Russia and Manchuria

1

samurai; warrior

2

to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

1

being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)

2

bet; wager; stake; gamble

2

performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment

2

showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable

2

to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out

5

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

1

pace; step; cadence

2

head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest

1

inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation

1

no way!; no chance!; I don't want to do it!

1

to curse (someone) to death; to put a deadly curse on (someone)

1

to succeed; to bear fruit

1

to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

3

fake; improvisation (in jazz music, singing, etc.); ad-lib; feint (in American football)

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maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling

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rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)

2

Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism

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check

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to sidle up to

2

Bushido; samurai code of chivalry

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rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

1

perception; sensation; awareness

4

crossed eyes; convergent strabismus

1

to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

2

wherein; therein; thereinto

4

to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with

4

inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case

3

gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying

1

(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain

1

to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with

4

unfortunately

4

in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data

1

final scene; the end; finale

1

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

1

struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)

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to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate

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zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping

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direction of the wind

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