jpdb beta

optimist

1

curse; spell; malediction

1

to take a breath; to take a short rest

1

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

1

life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

1

the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

1

individual; private person; personal; private

1

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

2

tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

1

itself; himself; herself

2

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

9

resignation; acceptance; consolation

2

Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)

7

saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

4

to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered

3

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

1

to escape; to run away

3

to overcome (a difficulty)

7

to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

1

abundant; plentiful; rich; ample

1

world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)

2

go that far; to that extent

1

wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain

2

way of living

10

compatibility; coexistence; standing together

1

abstract

1

to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

2

decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution

1

kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

4

to have a reason; to have an excuse

1

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

1

private property

1

home (family, domestic) life

1

if so; if it be so; in that case; then

1

indicates emphasis

1

certainly; really; truly; possibly; maybe; perhaps

1

accepting with pleasure

1

ask, and it shall be given you

1

private ownership

1

to get strong; to gain strength

1

request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance

2

to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by

1

(one's) self; oneself

3

fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation

1

doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

4

the three realms of existence; the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; past, present and future existences; far-off ...; distant ...

1

adjournment

1

to shed tears; to be moved to tears

1

my; one's own; I ...; one ...

2