jpdb beta

armed forces; military; troops

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for dear life; barely escaping alive

1

bright red; bright

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flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

2

despair; hopelessness

1

crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally

1

road; highway

2

march; marching

1

tank (military vehicle); chariot

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bombarding; shelling; bombardment

1

large tree

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direct hit

1

big tree

1

destruction; collapse; crumbling

1

armed might; military power; the sword; force

1

occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture

1

public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing

2

villager

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to collect; to assemble; to gather

1

force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party

1

person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

3

parents; both parents

2

to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

1

pitch black

2

to dye; to colour; to color

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wall clock; grandfather clock

3

not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)

1

to jump up to one's feet

2

dream

1

to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

1

nightmare; bad dream

2

vivid; clear; distinct

1

contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features

2

to be reflected in a mirror

1

slaughter; massacre

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heart; guts; nerve; central part

3

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

1

right; privilege

1

house; building

2

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

2

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

2

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

1

reflexive; reflecting

1

to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels

1

to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)

1

to press a question; to cross-examine

2

language of one's country; mother tongue; native language

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strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

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foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider

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