jpdb beta

maintenance; preservation; improvement

4

source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

6

(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess

1

to approach; to draw near

3

assistance; backing; reinforcements

3

to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

1

internal organs; viscera

3

to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in

7

exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement

1

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

2

to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves

1

to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle

2

beast; brute; animal

6

to look upward

4

pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts

2

noise; din

2

to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back

1

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)

9

bare hand; empty hand

4

sometimes; often

1

extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool

2

as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

1

farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long

2

flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

13

(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit

2

tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed

2

to mind; to care; to worry

2

being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

1

drawing a sword; drawn sword

1

folly; fool

1

determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)

1

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

3

to grumble; to complain

1

once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

1

later (on); afterwards

1

to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to

1

ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand

1

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

3

demotion; relegation; downgrading

1

with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay

1

to collapse; to flop (onto)

3

strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence

1

passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)

2

hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no

4

(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

choices; alternatives; options

4

to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside

3

tendon

1

to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to

1