jpdb beta

the military and civilians

1

war; battle; hostilities

1

ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area

2

gauzy

1

to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)

1

analysis

2

favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun

1

substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial

1

rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

1

to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

1

to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on

1

bitter enemy

1

sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope (skiing)

1

to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb

1

something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)

1

to explain adequately; to be accountable

1

infancy; childhood; tender age

1

parting; separation; farewell

1

ascertainment

1

to disappear; to vanish into thin air

1

launching pad

1

to unsheathe

1

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

1

to fly around; to scatter

2

icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice

1

delight; great joy

2

to tremble

1

uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

1

even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless

1

to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil

1

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

1

to sink (into); to get depressed

1

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

2

spiral; helix; screw

1

bridge of nose

1

to embrace

2

to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse

1

to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down

2

to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking

2

one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand

1

slim; slender; slight; delicate

1

to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip

1

still; as yet; as of old

1

to pinch and crush; to pinch out

1

crushing

1

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

1

tree; trees and shrubs

1

upper floor (of a high-rise building)

2

shaft (e.g. in a mine); pit

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