jpdb beta

to bring back; to restore

9

to press down; to hold down; to pin down

1

true character; true heart; true spirit

2

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

3

to tear off; to rip off

1

to creep about; to crawl around

3

to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

2

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

5

duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention

1

texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail

1

deep indigo

3

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

2

to cover fully; to wrap around

3

to be reduced to ...

1

limp; listless; enervated; flaccid; wilting; soft

1

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

3

to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself

4

toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)

1

robe

2

tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble

1

bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship; respectfully yours

3

miyamairi; newborn child's first visit to a shrine (within about 30 days of being born); visiting a shrine

1

same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism

2

to make a pilgrimage

1

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

1

stylization; to stylize; to conventionalize

1

portrait

1

everywhere; all over; throughout

1

to have in one's dreams

5

in terms of; from the point of view of

1

attendance; presence

1

light pink; light crimson

1

to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking

3

to entertain; to treat

2

best

2

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

1

overcoming; conquering; surmounting; getting over

1

proving ground; test site

2

to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium

1

moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment

1

having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

3

adaptation; accommodation; conformity

1

collection of books; (personal) library

1

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

1

presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

1

singer

1

to rewrite; to adapt (e.g. a novel)

2

to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels

2

clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes

1

to start forgetting

3