jpdb beta

discussion; argument; debate

2

game; play; sports

3

to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

2

flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick

1

one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn

1

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

6

entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze

1

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

3

banishment (to a location far from the capital); the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system

3

extreme; extremity

1

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

2

the very thing; itself

1

scales; weighing machine

1

vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept

2

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

3

fair copy; clean copy

1

the place for; the time for; the level of

2

to rewrite; to adapt (e.g. a novel)

1

to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up

1

sense of humiliation

1

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

4

indignation; resentment

1

on one's face; one's face; (arch.) meeting face-to-face; (arch.) seeing in person

1

to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with

1

outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period

2

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

3

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

1

karuna (compassion)

2

guts; bowels; intestines

2

serious; severe; grave; acute

2

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

1

palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign

1

princess; consort

1

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

1

violent emotion; passion; fury

1

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

4

imperial envoy; imperial messenger

6

pipe; tube

5

objection

3

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

1

seventy; 70

1

one's old bones; aged body

1

leaving the capital

2

vice-envoy; deputy delegate

1

coarse; crude; rough

2

Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth

2

Terasaka

1

foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot

2

win; victory

2

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

1