jpdb beta

to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

5

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

4

superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

8

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

8

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

2

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

1

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

6

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

4

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

2

to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural

1

forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front

2

to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

3

to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)

3

breath; breathing; tone; mood

2

to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)

1

to pound away; to hit at random; to hit ceaselessly

3

fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online

33

wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; hermit; mountain ascetic; itinerant priest

8

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

1

full operation

2

gunpowder smoke

3

insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind

1

(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)

2

ten times

1

7000; seven thousand

1

departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

3

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

7

to be shaved or planed

1

sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting

2

practice; practising; experience

2

as far as the eye can see

1

to clamour; to crowd; to jostle

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

5

bullet (from a rifle)

2

sound of a gun; roar of cannon

1

astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful

2

to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

1

assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

3

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

2

to shake one's head (in denial)

2

Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

1

three sons; third son

1

Shimazu Iehisa

1

titleholder

1

degree of difficulty

1

neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline

2

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

5

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

3

familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by

1

trio

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