jpdb beta

striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt

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insolent fellow; rude fellow

1

somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded

1

clear; pure; noble

4

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

2

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

3

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

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then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

1

under the floor

2

male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)

1

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

1

edge of town; outskirts of a village

1

dilapidated temple; temple ruins; abandoned temple

1

calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash

9

hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death

2

novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away

1

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

1

a pair (of shoes or socks)

1

completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

1

to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap

1

immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity

1

charm; amulet

1

(dead) body; corpse

2

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

1

seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement

1

this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

1

house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband

2

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

1

official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace

1

to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out

3

all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny

1

clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)

1

to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)

1

onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

1

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

1

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

1

taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

1

insecurity; carelessness

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)

2

providential protection

1

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

2

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

3

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage

1

filthy; dirty (looking); drab

1

to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve

1

putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (in TV, social media, etc.)

1

manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour

2

to grow up; to become an adult

1

to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

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