jpdb beta

bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick

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soon; shortly; nearly; almost

1

counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)

3

Chiba (city, prefecture)

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dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

1

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

2

the third

1

continuation; sequel

1

to grow up; to become an adult

2

length (of clothing)

1

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

1

Soga

1

beheading; decapitation

1

size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

1

innumerable; countless; numberless

2

self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style

6

Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly

1

thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

2

dazzlingly beautiful; brilliant

1

mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird

2

deep mountain valleys

1

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

2

finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing

1

very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

1

the kindness of a teacher

2

to head towards; to direct one's steps to

2

to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up

1

to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on

1

in public; in company

1

in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious

1

latticework

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white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum

1

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

1

good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield

2

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

2

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

1

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

2

every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)

1

emphasizes direct object of action

1

few words; single phrase

1

exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change

3

ready (to do); willing

1

anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z

1

raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced

5

copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript

3

construction; architecture (of buildings)

1

smell of new wood

1

wood (for building); lumber; timber

1

to listen intently; to focus on (music, speech, etc.)

1

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

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