jpdb beta

rather; better; instead; if anything

1

hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)

1

battlefield; battleground

2

great achievement; glorious deed; (gaining) fame; (earning) distinction

1

snow storm; blizzard

1

control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition

1

to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

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to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)

2

authoritarianism

1

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

1

well-ordered; systematic

1

to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

1

if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)

2

keen; acute; heartfelt

1

laboratory; seminar room; professor's office

1

immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

3

samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to

2

devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice

1

emotional person

1

reactionary

3

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

1

made of iron

1

camel; camel (cloth); cloth made from camel hair; camel (color); light yellowish brown

1

superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman

1

overture; prelude

1

source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring

1

weak and small; inferior in strength and size; minor; young; youthful

1

power; force

1

grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive

1

righteous indignation; patriotic lamentation; deploration

3

indignation; resentment

2

wise saying; famous saying; witty remark

1

to do (for someone)

1

sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant

1

alone; by oneself; on one's own

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

tender sentiments; being overcome with emotions; having a tender feeling (for a person)

1

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

2

younger sister

1

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

1

letter; note; epistle; correspondence

1

place; location; room; space; sumo tournament

1

self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I

2

distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric

1

isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility

1

as discussed previously; as mentioned above

1

Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan

1

simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

7

girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

2

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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