jpdb beta

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

3

to become settled; to be fixed

2

future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover

3

level; ordinary

1

uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

1

any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...

1

to be contented; to be at ease

1

road; highway

1

not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

16

cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence

1

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

8

to step firmly; to harden by treading

1

work; job; labor; work

27

heartening; reassuring

1

tightly; firmly; fast; sharply; keenly

2

when it becomes; when it comes to

8

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

5

needlework; sewing

1

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

6

continuously; unbroken; at great length; in minute detail

1

to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

1

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

2

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

4

intermittence; being intermittent; occurring intermittently

1

metre; rhythm; musical temperament

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

10

hair (of the head)

9

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

6

sutra

11

preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

6

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

12

frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

12

be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

2

on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

13

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

15

value; worth; virtue; blessing

5

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

5

to collect; to assemble; to gather

16

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

1

you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

9

in one's own way or style

1

to recite; to chant; to read aloud

2

particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

9

or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

8

to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into

2

to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself

5

any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...

1

sutra chanting

1