jpdb beta

man-eating fiend

1

being rampant; domination

1

United Nations; UN

7

stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison

4

(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)

4

western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)

3

western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)

1

to weigh on a scale; to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons

2

toast; congratulatory cup

1

main cause; primary factor

7

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

2

garrison (in Meiji era)

2

to have a relationship; to have relations

1

two-front war

1

cease-fire agreement

1

to be jumbled together

5

to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance

3

bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack

1

standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)

1

group of robbers; gang of robbers

1

brigand; bandit

1

gesellschaft; society

2

association; society

2

religious group

2

epidemic; plague; pestilence

2

witch

2

close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)

2

to fall into ruin; to be desolated

2

patriot devoted to the salvation of his country

1

war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war

2

slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread

2

criminal; culprit; offender; rogue

1

tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration

1

fin (e.g. of a fish)

1

(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

3

wound suffered in a fight

4

small number; few; minority

1

greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable

2

commodity; property

1

fresh blood; lifeblood

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

1

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

1

shout of victory; cry of triumph

1

sacrifice; sacrificial animal

1

crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets

1

to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out

1

to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody

1

to say goodbye; to bid farewell

2

vice; immorality; corruption

3

to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)

1