jpdb beta

windbreak (forest); shelterbelt

1

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

2

farmer; farming family; farmhouse

2

settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony

1

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

1

appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel

1

religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

16

development; growth

2

to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

1

in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

2

pace; step; cadence

1

example; an instance

1

Zen talk

1

private affairs; personal matter

1

Kōan era (1278.2.29-1288.4.28)

2

Houjou Tokimune (1251-84)

1

Wuxue Zuyuan; Wu-hsueh Tsu-yuan (1226-1286)

5

Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung

2

monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)

3

Yuan-Dynasty Chinese-Mongolian military

3

invasion; raid; inroad

3

Jishū sect (of Buddhism)

6

arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent

2

how; in what way; how about; questionable

1

worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

2

must not do; should not do; do not do

1

lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine

2

child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

2

falsehood; untruth; lie

3

tradition; legend; folklore

4

envoy

3

leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)

2

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

2

Bun'ei era (1264.2.28-1275.4.25)

1

eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

1

Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Iki (island)

1

Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Tsushima (island)

2

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

1

forest; shrine grove

2

Seichuu

2

vassalage

1

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

1

Zen priest

3

to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil

1

to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

2

uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure

1

if I (we, etc.) could

1

to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry

1

Zen (Buddhism)

2