jpdb beta

tonsure; shaving one's head (upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)

5

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

1

command; direction

7

one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)

1

asking; enquiring; searching; looking for

2

even though it is not; despite not

1

to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree

3

Imperial household

3

to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

1

confrontation; showdown

2

head of an army

3

to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of

2

to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind

1

(written) challenge

1

combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

2

region; limits; stage; level

1

advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

4

other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination

3

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

3

to step forward; to volunteer

3

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

2

to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious

1

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

2

territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action

1

to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet

1

fully satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); happy; cleared of doubt

1

ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck

2

with spirit; courageously; resolutely

1

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

6

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

1

midnight; dead of night

3

bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest

3

sounds

3

making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared; rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

1

to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in

1

thief; robber

2

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

2

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

3

night watch; night guard; night shift

4

partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

1

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

2

to close; to shut

2

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

5

research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)

4

to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

1

to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down

1

corner; nook; recess

1

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

4

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

1

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

1