jpdb beta

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

6

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

7

surely (not); certainly (not)

2

to wear a sword

1

carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

3

carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

8

after; later

7

to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

2

now; nowadays

1

rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling

2

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

2

obstinacy

1

obstinacy; stubbornness

1

the very thing; itself

5

pretending not to know; feigning ignorance

3

cannot be helped; unavoidable

1

to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power

2

to lose one's life

2

already; too late

10

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

4

used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous

1

forging; tempering; drilling; training; disciplining

1

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

1

blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

1

master; expert

7

work; business; company; study

10

technique; art; skill; move

12

useless; futile; vain

1

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

9

demon of ill health; disease

2

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

4

bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine

3

person of humble birth

2

master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

6

don't you think?; indicates question

8

silence (not speaking); muteness

20

variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)

3

to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits

4

to go down and stand; to alight; to get down

2

moon; month

23

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

4

demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition

1

after a long time; for the first time in a while

2

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

5

space; interval; space character; whitespace

1

other than; excluding; without

6

step; stride; counter for steps

9

early on; earlier on; from early

4

to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing

1