jpdb beta

folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore

1

picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops

1

to send around (e.g. a car)

1

both people

3

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown

1

to throw away; to abandon

1

you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

1

serious wound; hard blow

1

obstruction; hindrance

1

headquarters (on the battlefield); direct retainer of a shogun (Edo period); shogunal vassal; hatamoto

1

archer; bowman; shooter; gunner

3

mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous

1

whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams

6

to distract one's attention

1

bamboo arrow shaft; arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)

1

biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)

1

concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

3

return fire; shooting back

1

number of soldiers

3

to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed

1

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

1

hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)

1

to get excited; to rouse oneself; to psyche oneself up; to be eager (to do)

1

threat; intimidation; menace

2

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much

2

thickly; densely; luxuriantly

1

to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

1

standing close together in a disorderly way (of buildings, etc.); standing side by side; standing (for election) in (excessively) large numbers; (too many candidates) competing with each other

2

to be jumbled together

2

two groups; two bands

2

to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

1

right side; style of Japanese court music

1

red flag; Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper)

1

left side

1

well-ordered; in good order; orderly

2

to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced

2

two classes; double; two sets

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon

1

to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...

1

commanding officer

1

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

1

reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of

1

party; gang; company; squad

2

man and horse; rider and horse; centaur

1

to gush out

1

gushing out

1

cloud of dust

1

to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to

1

at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately

3