jpdb beta

battlefield; battleground

1

(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

4

to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer

3

provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

3

declaration; proclamation; announcement

2

short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō

4

suddenly; all of a sudden

10

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

1

indescribable

1

fear; dread; fright; willies

2

to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

6

swallow in flight

2

(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)

2

long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down

6

prison gate; decapitation (of a criminal) and exposure of the head to public view (Edo-period punishment)

2

to unsheathe

3

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

6

to conceal; to hide

1

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

9

charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu

3

to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

2

flint

1

make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...

1

for ceremonial use

1

knife

1

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

16

slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly

2

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

6

sword wound; sword cut

1

to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

1

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

5

talisman; amulet; charm

6

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

1

protection; repellent

1

north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

15

valley; ravine; gorge; canyon

14

nakiri knife; vegetable knife; cutting vegetables

13

to narrowly escape death; to have a narrow escape from death

2

incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

2

evidence; proof; witness

1

decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation

1

kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food

4

to get back into shape; to retrain; to rebuild; to reschool

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

11

bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword

3

base of the throat; bottom of the neck

2

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

6

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)

4

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

2