jpdb beta

to make a serious effort

2

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

5

very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...

1

distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

1

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

1

to fear; to be afraid of

5

origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry

2

impossible to understand; impossible to decipher

1

unusual occurrence; variation; mutation

1

father

1

nobility; aristocracy; peerage

11

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

1

family lineage

1

adds emphasis to the following verb or indicates that the action is done forcefully or violently

1

vomiting blood; hematemesis

3

to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint

3

time of death; one's final hour; one's end

1

every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)

2

accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)

1

besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse

2

reason for being; raison d'être

1

vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor

1

last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender

3

last days; the end; one's fate

1

with glugging (e.g. of liquid being poured, running down)

1

bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)

1

tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)

3

gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness

2

to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

1

heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent

1

bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood

1

to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast

7

oneself; myself

1

iron pot; kettle

1

bay; gulf; inlet

1

one's mother

1

tuna; Pacific bluefin tuna

2

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

1

to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire

1

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

3

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

3

to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb

1

waste of time

1

to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)

2

in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should

2

to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged

4

half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont

2

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

2

to draw a line (between); to make a clear distinction (between); to settle (a matter) once and for all; to bring to an end; to take responsibility (for)

1

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

5