jpdb beta

bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme

1

to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of

1

to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken

1

sense; infer

1

to hold a ceremony

1

beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition

3

convenient

1

nothing but; none other than

1

finish; finishing; finishing touches

1

good luck; fortune

2

to spend time (on doing something)

3

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

overhasty; rash; premature

1

to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness

1

friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife

1

to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)

2

enemy (soldier)

1

not long has passed since ...

1

wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration

1

to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips

2

representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney

3

severe; hard

2

in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

1

excursion; outing; trip

1

drying; dryness

1

surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard

1

rest; relief; relaxation

1

by today; before the day is over

1

return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

1

aide

1

one horseman

1

march; marching

2

clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright

1

army corps

2

invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

1

act of aggression

2

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

1

inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

1

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

1

going around; patrol; round; tour

1

to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

1

Lois; Reuss; Royce; Ruysch

1

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

3

your country

6

aggression; invasion; raid

2

disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot

1

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

1

on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

1

to take over; to hand over

2

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

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