jpdb beta

to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

2

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

3

quiet; calm; leisurely; distant; far-off; boundless

1

quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off

2

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

2

rivers and mountains; landscape

2

Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe

9

beautiful woman

1

pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)

2

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

1

(bad) habit

1

the form of a Buddhist priest; priestly attire

1

admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

1

to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

2

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

3

bandit; brigand

2

head; chief; boss

1

villain; outlaw; assassin

1

subject; curriculum

1

to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine

2

frequently; very often

6

fairy-tale book

2

picture scroll

2

precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

1

very; much

1

just because; even if; even though

1

parting; separation

1

in terms of; from the point of view of

1

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

5

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

time; years

3

to get information out of a person; to begin listening

1

strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger

3

another world

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

2

how long; how far; how much

2

to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

1

unavoidable; inevitable

1

literature; books (reference); document

1

disappointment; despair

1

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

3

toil; labor; labour; painstaking piece of work; (a) work involving considerable effort

1

the more one looks (at it) the more...

1

contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features

4

vast; boundless; vague; obscure

4

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

2

everyone; anyone; no one

1

old method

2

dream; vision; reverie

1

used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)

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