jpdb beta

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

2

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

2

pretending not to know; feigning ignorance

2

otherwise; if not; or else

1

child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

1

gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered

1

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

1

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

1

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

1

incubation; hatching

1

wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade

1

to be doing; to be in the process of doing

1

prevention; check

1

short way; shortcut

2

to hoist a flag

1

poster

1

as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

1

the whole world

3

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

1

urgent business; pressing need; imperative

2

good action lead to good rewards; one good turn deserves another

1

sow evil and reap evil; evil acts bring evil outcomes

1

to repent; to be penitent

1

to put one's heart into; to devote oneself to

1

change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange

1

divine punishment

1

punishment by Buddha; divine retribution

1

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

3

punishment; penalty

3

plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)

1

in all directions

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

bill; handbill; flier; flyer; leaflet; poster

1

he; him; boyfriend

2

(arch.) sudden; (arch.) abrupt; (arch.) stupid; (arch.) foolish; attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.)

1

tap; knock; bonk

1

dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)

2

to scatter; to blow about; (arch.) to spread a rumor; (arch.) to talk around

1

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

2

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

1

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

1

immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt

2

generally

1

judge

1

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

1

push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness

1

bullying; teasing

1

to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature

2

exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

1