jpdb beta

retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

1

employer's house; master's house

1

revival; restoration; resuscitation

4

to burn; to get fired up

2

tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart

2

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

14

aborted, stillborn or miscarried foetus (fetus); (arch.) newborn baby

1

(festivity) page; baby; child; (arch.) boys kept by pederasts

2

to have; to possess

5

every evening; every night

2

high Buddhist priest

1

valley

92

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

8

to lure; to invite out

1

nine times; twisting around many times

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

10

foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

7

tableland; plateau

18

and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

53

millstone; mortar

1

ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

1

such; this sort of; like this

43

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

3

to be helpful; to be useful

5

established; existing; accomplished; accepted; completed

2

general idea; concept; notion

8

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

9

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

1

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

7

imagination; supposition; guess

24

freedom; liberty

9

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

1

several times; a few times

8

entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze

30

crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received

3

first half of the (fiscal) year

1

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

5

change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

13

one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

2

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

2

fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

3

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

15

Shōan era (1299.4.25-1302.11.21)

1

four years

15

March; third month of the lunar calendar

10

third day of the month; three days

9

Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount

5

Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

8