jpdb beta

wise man; philosopher; sage

2

note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work

2

one road; ray (of hope)

2

one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building

1

solace; relaxation

1

sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile

3

association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)

8

serious; not joking; straight

5

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

11

outside of; not covered by

3

transcendent world; world outside of the material world; somewhere removed from the world

1

detached; aloof; indifferent

10

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

7

very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly

11

to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

19

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

1

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

1

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

38

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

2

face; honour; honor; appearance; look

8

darkroom

1

show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation

4

daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly

2

going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

21

damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

1

urine

1

kanji radical that runs from the left to the bottom part of the kanji; kanji enclosure-type radical

4

altogether; entirely

22

genuine; authentic; true; pure

1

trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)

13

one's true character; one's true self; one's true worth; serious; earnest

1

preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)

2

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

22

to keep a diary

1

arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant

1

dinner

10

famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)

3

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)

9

this morning

12

stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

17

drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink

2

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

45

by all means; no matter what; at any rate

2

attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

9

alone; by oneself; on one's own

3

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

32

tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain

14

one's real character

1

breakfast

6

to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose

1