jpdb beta

cross-examination; retort; asking in return

2

celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; blessing (from God)

1

sign; indication; omen; symptom

1

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

1

promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule

2

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

1

training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

1

demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible

1

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

1

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

1

extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)

1

evil god

1

divinity

1

summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

4

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

14

choice; selection; option

12

scorn; mockery; ridicule

2

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

7

to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)

3

as (someone) says

5

buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

3

crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over

2

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

20

to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

2

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

7

to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

34

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

8

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

1

feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home

1

general term; generic name

1

lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs; lotus seat (under Buddhist statue); lotus base; lotus pedestal

3

lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone

3

miniature garden

1

gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash

6

eyelid

6

conscious; deliberate; intentional

2

brightness; lightness

2

halation (i.e. in photography, a halo-effect when additional light leaks out around the subject)

1

white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

4

contrast

1

brightness; luminance

1

to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

1

to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to

5

white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson

5

to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with

2

black hair

3

folding one's arms

1

to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

5

gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over

3