jpdb beta

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

5

to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

6

rapid succession (e.g. questions)

1

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

1

heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle

1

greatly enraged; furious

1

good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

1

as expected

1

happiness and prosperity; Fukurokuju; god of happiness, prosperity and long life

2

stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering

1

false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended

1

flattery; compliment

2

discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon

1

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

2

dagger; dirk

5

pseudo-; quasi-

1

penetration; absolutely clear; not dirty; clearness

1

sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess

3

large snowflakes

1

miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)

5

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

1

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

2

terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

4

red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

1

(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.

1

reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

scarlet

2

radiation; emission

2

blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus

1

intense cold

2

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

2

cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling

2

(close) friend

1

real; true

1

such

1

threat; intimidation; menace

11

smiling broadly

1

mutual love

4

helper; assistant; second

2

what time; (lit.) which hour

2

dissolute priest; depraved monk; ferocious warrior monk

1

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

2

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

2

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

6

both people; two people; two directions; both directions

1

living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet

1

to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live

1

normal practice; proper practice

1