jpdb beta

to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)

1

patterns of thinking; train of thought

1

decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key

2

entreaty; appeal; petition

5

to become frayed; to become loose

4

extremely; very much

15

to cut at; to slash at

1

to become pale; to turn pale

3

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

5

reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese

5

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

2

to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind

2

to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

2

standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary

2

painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

1

woman; girl

2

relative; relation; kin

3

sigh

1

same sex

4

abashment; bashfulness

4

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

2

retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing

1

hot bath; warm bath

2

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

1

squelching; gurgling; bubbling; raking in (money); rolling in; hand over fist

1

to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose

2

after a bath; after taking a bath; large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath

1

to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension

9

paper knife; letter opener

2

to break the seal

1

eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)

3

to undertake a duty

1

money paid to authorities; money paid to the government; money forcibly collected by yakuza bosses from subordinate gang members; contributions levied by gangster organizations on subordinates; money paid to a feudal lord; tribute money

1

history; career

2

headhunting (collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies)

1

database

3

inevitably; certainly

8

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning

41

Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth

1

of all people; a person of ...'s standing

1

disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity

1

very bottom; rock bottom

2

spiritual aspect; mental aspect; emotional aspect

3

to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

3

arrival; coming; advent

3

to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome

1

young; juvenile; child in the first year of kindergarten

1

supremacy

3

to reveal one's true colors

1

to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as

1