jpdb beta

secret; private; surreptitious

2

to send a messenger

1

pant; gasp

1

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

1

help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

1

coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay

1

apology

4

Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!

1

open sea

5

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

4

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

2

in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)

1

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

1

absolutely; positively; decidedly

1

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

3

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

1

(something) one does not really mean; insincere

1

arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

3

one ken; six feet

2

razor

6

cord for attaching a sword scabbard tightly to the obi; sword strap; sword knot

1

one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

2

cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.

5

high priest; highly-ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning

1

becoming a monk; entering priesthood

1

handing down the precepts

1

sea of trees; broad expanse of dense woodland; abundant leafage

1

grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict

3

to shave

1

large monk; large, bald man; big baldy; large, bald-headed monster

1

far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

1

sobbing; sob; weeping

2

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

3

to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)

1

to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders

1

meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

6

emptiness; vacuum; blank

4

rear garden; back yard

1

pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

1

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

5

smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion

1

to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

2

to taste; to taste of; to have a taste

1

somewhat cold; a bit chilly

1

one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth

3

totteringly; trudgingly

2

reluctance to part; sorrow at parting

2

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

2