jpdb beta

departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal

1

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

3

to reject; to repel

1

compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration

1

action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior

2

slash; slashing attack

2

hair's breadth

2

to escape

2

immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily

1

path of retreat

1

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

2

pomade; balm; perfumed oil

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

1

flint; firestone

1

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

2

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

1

desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern

1

pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

1

to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)

2

this

2

both sides

1

to slip through; to make one's way through quickly

2

underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)

1

to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up

1

to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept

1

no trouble; easy; simple

1

strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly

2

left side; left-hand side

3

to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)

1

one-armed person; one-handed person

1

pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

1

first; new

1

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

1

to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat

2

jump; leap; skip; bound

1

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

1

physical strength; the strength of one's muscles

1

to see well in the dark; to have good night vision

1

advantage; point in favor; point in favour

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

1

spots; speckles; mottles

4

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

1

the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot

1

fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless

1

to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb

1

nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement

1

to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire

3

at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

1

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

2

abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

1