jpdb beta

imitation; fake; sham

5

to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue

2

inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through

2

alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism

2

serious illness

2

healing (esp. emotional or spiritual healing)

2

blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith

6

to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel

2

word; term; language; speech

26

to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)

2

founder; originator; pioneer

2

scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

3

perhaps; maybe; possibly

1

one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)

4

both in name and reality; both in name and substance

1

wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical

3

there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

1

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

3

to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard

1

both persons

1

candidate; applicant

2

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening

1

divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)

5

magic sword; cursed sword

1

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

2

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

4

gallant; dashing; jaunty

2

(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall

1

hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build

1

military power

1

diverse; various; wide-ranging

1

source; origin; exit; way out; (appropriate) moment to come out; (right) time to appear

2

newcomer; initiate; rookie

3

guess; conjecture; surmise

3

to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed

5

all year round; all the time; year in and year out

1

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

7

venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

1

cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang

6

letter; note; book; writings; literary arts; learning

1

to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with

2

makeshift; stopgap

1

perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor; assailant; offender; at-fault party (e.g. in an accident)

1

to say; to be pleased to say

2

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

4

home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

1

to punish; to penalize; to penalise

2

government official

1

surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play

1