jpdb beta

hero; bold person; daring person; great person; extraordinary person

2

to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten

1

without doubt; certain; sure

1

stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)

2

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); 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; monastic seclusion

1

wasteful spending; lavish spending; dissipation

1

hermit; recluse

2

poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest

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

old; olden

1

strictly speaking

1

Olympic Games; Olympics; Olympic rings

2

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

1

accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; 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; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling

2

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

3

forearm

2

long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down

1

arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength

2

fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind

2

exquisite

1

conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic

1

transcendental reason

1

pragmatism

1

militarism

1

spiritualism; idealism

1

teachings conveyed by the gods

1

pretext; pretense; pretence

1

pickled daikon radish

1

views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect

1

secrets; mysteries; secret formula; essence; esoterica (of an art, martial arts, etc.)

1

diction; grammar; syntax; usage; wording

2

transcendency; detachment

1