jpdb beta

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

1

guess; speculation; supposition

1

argument; disputation

1

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

6

in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

3

down; below; downward

1

the ways of the world; human nature

1

complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal

1

van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront

1

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

4

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

1

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

1

abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

2

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

2

tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot

1

coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt

1

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle

1

ancestor; forefather; foremother

1

morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)

3

crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement

1

whichever one chooses; either way

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

3

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

nimble; quick; agile

2

to begin to walk; to set out

1

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

1

push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness

2

to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way

1

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

1

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

3

teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)

1

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

2

to discover; to find

2

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

1

to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous

2

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

5

doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

1

doesn't even exist

4

new; unused; new; obvious; natural

6

bullet

2

crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue

1

very much; fully; never

2

to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake

1

shogunate official

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2

(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind

5

to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut

1

cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation

1