jpdb beta

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1

absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

2

boasting of one's strength

1

husband and wife; married couple

2

full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full

1

school trip; field trip; excursion; long walk; excursion (on foot)

1

departure; leaving; setting off

1

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

5

to stop walking; to pause

4

to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)

3

ambush; lying in wait for an ambush

3

kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

5

carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in

1

slope

1

what on Earth is this?

1

(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit

2

using all one's strength; using all one's might

1

to soothe and humor; to coax

1

to kill time

2

expression; look; countenance; face

2

to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath; to breathe fire; to spit fire

1

shoji paper

1

to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.); to go through

6

to disappear; to vanish into thin air

2

giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names

1

protest; objection

3

be that as it may; even so; though that be so

1

execution

2

deployment; spreading out; dispersal

1

to scurry home; to run home; to fly back

1

(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency

1

(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

1

strict prohibition; ban; interdiction

1

to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

2

the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)

1

he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; discretion is the better part of valor; (lit.) fleeing is winning

1

at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one

1

to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone

3

to do someone in; to bump someone off

1

chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

2

to cut off the retreat

1

skill

1

without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately

2

had better; is advisable

1

king; monarch; ruler; champion

1

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

1

flight; desertion; escape

1

all you have to do is; just; that's all

1

wife

1

lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable

1