jpdb beta

fair and square; open and aboveboard

1

doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

1

Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about

1

to come for the first time; to become for the first time

1

sharp sword

1

to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

3

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

1

to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown

1

to be prolonged; to drag on

1

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

1

to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on

3

fierce fighting

2

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

1

to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)

1

hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

15

loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

1

mountain range; mountain belt

1

feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

1

to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion

1

signs of the enemy

1

just now; a moment ago; this very minute

1

going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

3

to go to see (something, someone); to visit

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

1

gasping

1

soldier; sailor

2

to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

1

3000; three thousand; many

1

eyesight; seeing

1

group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

2

present continuous tense; present progressive form

1

Mayumi

2

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

1

high-pitched; shrill

1

cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

1

to be too numerous; to be too much

1

to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)

1

to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world

1

yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

1

large army

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

concentrated fire; intense criticism

2

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

1

break in the deadlock

1

my; our; one's own

1

way out; means to escape; escape route

1

to triumph; to be elated with success

1

fiance; fiancee

2

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

2