jpdb beta

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

2

silk

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lined kimono

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string made from twisted paper

1

handmade

2

cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.

1

wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai

2

tucking up the hem of one's garments

1

bare feet

1

wooden sword

1

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

1

make; workmanship; preparation

2

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

1

reward; honorarium; remuneration

1

barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life

2

to hide; to conceal oneself

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

1

hero; great man

2

to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

1

without doubt; certain; sure

1

stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)

2

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

1

nothing; nil; naught; nought

1

misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

1

intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

2

traces; evidence

2

seclusion from the world

1

waste; lavish spending; dissipation

1

hermit; recluse

2

honourable poverty; honorable poverty

1

Buddhist teachings; Buddhism

1

Confucianism

1

archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language

1

war chronicle

1

military law; martial law; tactics; strategy

1

strictly speaking

1

Olympic rings; Olympics

2

decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out

1

precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

1

style of classical Japanese swordsmanship involving use of two swords

1

inheritance

1

fencer; swordsman

1

to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about

1

very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

3

skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

21

natural laws; rule of heaven

1

essence; kernel; spirit; pith

1

clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

2

after all; because; but; even; too; as well

3

forearm

2