jpdb beta

war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset

1

reduction by half; halving

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being easily frightened; losing one's nerve; coward; chatter (undesirable vibration in machine tools)

1

to be contrary to one's expectations

1

to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

1

to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound

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to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)

2

back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards

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100,000; hundred thousand

1

these guys; these fellows

7

sudden; abrupt; improvised; hasty; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan

1

to get one's head around; to think about

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to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life

1

to come to a settlement

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posture; position; stance

2

to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate

1

starting from scratch; making a fresh start; redoing; calling again; visiting again

1

to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist

1

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

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to survive

2

to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle

1

whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing

3

retreat; withdrawal; retirement

1

restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

1

to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

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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

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chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly

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killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

1

wounded person; injured person

2

deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority

1

chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

1

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

2

to make a living; to earn a livelihood

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excuse; explanation

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you can't control what people say; you can't stop rumours (rumors)

1

news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition

2

decision; determination; resolution

1

to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to put in all one's effort

1

to challenge (a person) to a fight

2

outbreak of war; starting a war

2

in the future; another day; later

1

to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy

2

to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)

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at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

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to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished

2

incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting

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to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel

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to speak the truth

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shortsighted; narrow-minded

1