jpdb beta

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

5

to employ; to hire; to charter

3

distinction; differentiation; classification

3

to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

2

one by one; one after another; successively

7

next (spoken) word

5

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

1

feudal retainer or warrior

15

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

5

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

2

fading; faded colour; faded color

1

incense stick

2

hey there; I say; see here

5

I've got to be going; I must go

1

to smear with blood; to kill

2

to say; to be pleased to say

1

to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

2

to bite each other; to fit together; to mutually encroach; to eat together

1

wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

1

to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try

4

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

2

both eyes

6

fighting spirit; (will to) fight

2

to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

10

four people

2

painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

2

walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)

9

on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

1

intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem

1

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy

2

to look forward to something

5

before the gate; in front of the gate

3

dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned

1

among these; between these; of these; in here; in this

2

superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis

1

to polish one's skills

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

3

borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)

1

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

1

paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)

6

isn't it?; it really is

1

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

4

strange voice

1

inevitable; necessary

1

to play a central role; to take a leading part

2

alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

10

townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family

1

win; victory

1

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

1

to go to meet somebody

3