jpdb beta

temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory

1

with a thud

1

falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy

1

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

1

stirring; slight movement

1

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

4

to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

1

spitting (repeatedly)

1

having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal

4

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden

1

each other; one another

1

paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

1

sunlight; rays of the Sun

1

gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)

1

halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

1

ascending staircase

1

(archeological) remains; ruins; relics

1

old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn

1

to be able to conceal

4

noble; high and noble; noble (character); refined; precious; expensive

2

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

1

to lead (an advance); to spearhead (a campaign, attack)

2

that sort of; like that

1

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

2

rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

1

eagle (Accipitridae family)

2

to sit; to squat; to be implicated

1

to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run

1

large animal

3

time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times

2

stone statue

14

as one of

1

to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books

1

battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

3

to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw

1

yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh

3

scary

1

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

1

material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber

1

to head towards; to direct one's steps to

2

running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry

1

quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation

1

ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound

2

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

19

tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)

1

intruder; invader; trespasser; raider

6

royalty; royal family

2

remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

1