jpdb beta

here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots

1

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

8

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

12

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

9

to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

1

to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

11

lately; recently

1

to ambush

1

to comfort; to console; to amuse

4

no!; no no!; no, not at all

6

what street? (esp. in Kyoto and Sapporo); what article? (in a law); (arch.) how can?; (arch.) cannot possibly

2

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

19

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

4

to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive

4

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

13

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

3

to call out; to shout

10

rear guard

3

rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)

2

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

37

patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon

6

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

1

to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up

1

ahead; before; the future

2

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

5

(one's) self; oneself

39

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

3

horseback; riding

8

major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle

2

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

2

beast; brute; animal

7

beasts; mammals

1

green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn

2

to happen to come

3

goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis

2

without doing; not being

1

sound of thunder; large, thunderous voice

1

blow; hit; stroke

1

normally; habitually

11

to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

3

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

7

to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

10

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive

2

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

3

bisection

1

change of era

2

(how) many times; (how) often

2

to escape

6

all obstacles; all sorts of trouble

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

8