jpdb beta

guardian; custodian

4

large-scale

2

to take back; to recapture

1

uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot

1

to shed blood

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

1

side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension

1

being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

1

sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death

3

to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses

2

main constituent; core; nucleus; subject

2

acquisition; possession

1

inconvenient

1

to make an appeal (to the public); to rally (people) to one's cause; to call to action; to spur on; to fire (someone) up; to rally (troops, employees, etc.)

1

to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge

1

to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

1

(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after

2

to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop

1

to be; to exist; to be

1

excess; surplus; superabundance

1

intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...

1

to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with

2

once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime

1

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

1

reply; answer; response

2

eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

2

corner of the eye

1

feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles

1

soft voice

1

light blue; pale blue; aqua

1

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

1

jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up

1

difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...

2

someone; a certain person

1

reinforcement; strengthening

1

to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

1

mind-set change; changing one's way of thinking; attitude reform

1

minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum

3

preference; priority; precedence; right of way

3

desperately; recklessly; (rushing) headlong

1

hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift

1

militia; militiaman

1

basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)

2

sense of duty (obligation)

1

calculation; self-interest; selfishness

1

heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent

3

to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)

1

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

1

to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)

1

missing person

1