jpdb beta

to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

2

scream; shriek; shout; exclamation

2

to surge; to well up; to gush out

2

hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation

10

to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar

1

giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

1

to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

2

fate; destiny; lot

2

poet

1

to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

1

to talk; to speak

1

single word; a few words; brief comment

4

love hotel; short-stay hotel used primarily for sexual activities

2

to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly

3

to take a shower

1

impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions

1

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

1

unnecessary; needless

2

ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant

1

dressing table; dresser

1

mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

2

in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on

1

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

3

to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)

1

to become possible; to become able to (do)

1

indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

1

embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

1

unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage

1

no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; (lit.) one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness

1

as (for); for; in the capacity of

1

beyond that point; after that

5

Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement

1

hell's mountain of needles

1

to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope

1

next; secondly; subsequently

1

with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal

1

having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored

1

tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so

1

noise; sound

1

to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive

1

needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry

1

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

2

to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

1

shower

6

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

7

taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.

1

dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation

1

(appropriate to) time, place, occasion

1

sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

1

smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword

1