[ AS. w&aemacr_;re (thou) wast, w&aemacr_;ron (we, you, they) were, w&aemacr_;re imp. subj. See Was. ] The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be. [ 1913 Webster ]

Were

n. A weir. See Weir. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

Were

v. t. [ AS. werian. ] To guard; to protect. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Weregild

n. [ AS. wergild; wer a man, value set on a man's life + gild payment of money; akin to G. wehrgeld. √285. See Were a man, and Geld, n. ] (O. Eng. Law) The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer. [ Written also weregeld, weregelt, etc. ] Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Werewolf

n.; pl. Werewolves [ AS. werwulf; wer a man + wulf a wolf; cf. G. wärwolf, währwolf, wehrwolf, a werewolf, MHG. werwolf. √285. See Were a man, and Wolf, and cf. Virile, World. ] A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct. [ 1913 Webster ]

The werwolf went about his prey. William of Palerne. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brutes that wear our form and face,
The werewolves of the human race. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

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werewolf

(n) a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again, Syn. lycanthrope, wolfman, loup-garou

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狼人

[狼人, Láng rén] Werewolf

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気動車

[きどうしゃ, kidousha] (n) train powered by a diesel or internal-combustion engine #4680

がる

[garu] (suf, v5r) (1) to feel (on adj-stem to represent a third party's apparent emotion); (2) to behave as if one were #9419

尿

[にょう(P);ゆばり(ok);いばり(ok);ゆまり(ok);ばり(ok);しい(ok);しし(ok);しと(ok), nyou (P); yubari (ok); ibari (ok); yumari (ok); bari (ok); shii (ok); shishi (ok); ] (n) (しい, しし, and しと were primarily children's words) urine; (P) #10828

山門

[さんもん, sanmon] (n) (1) (originally temples were in the mountains) (main) temple gate; (2) Buddhist temple #15449

これでもかこれでもか

[koredemokakoredemoka] (exp, adv-to) as if it weren't already enough

これでもかと言うほど

[これでもかというほど, koredemokatoiuhodo] (exp) as if it weren't already enough

と言うと

[というと, toiuto] (conj) (1) (uk) (See 言う) if one were to speak of ..., then certainly; if it were the case that ..., then certainly; if it were a ..., then certainly; phrase used to indicate the inevitability of what follows it (based on what precedes it); (2) so that means (when used in sentence-initial position)

みたらし団子;御手洗団子

[みたらしだんご, mitarashidango] (n) skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze

もがな

[mogana] (prt) particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)

ゆうちょ銀行(P);郵貯銀行

[ゆうちょぎんこう, yuuchoginkou] (n) JP Bank (former Postal Savings Bank, created when the Postal Services were privatized); (P)

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バッテリ駆動

[バッテリくどう, batteri kudou] battery-powered (a-no)

交直両用式計算器

[こうちょくりょうようしきけいさんき, kouchokuryouyoushikikeisanki] mains, battery powered calculator

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