jpdb beta

obedience; submission; resignation

1

ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy

1

by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand; by extension

1

sound of voice; vocal sound

1

Shuhari; three stages of mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, creating one's own techniques

3

li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

3

at first; in the beginning; originally

6

babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper

1

middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)

1

with a thump; (hanging) straight down

1

to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied

3

rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife

1

good news; happy news; glad tidings

1

charge (of something); matter in one's charge; (one's) assignment; (one's) job

1

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

10

one's self-possession; one's presence of mind

3

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort

3

to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)

1

aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective

4

cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made

1

absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively

1

distant place; faraway location; far away

1

softness; gentleness; weakness

1

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing

3

to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious

20

horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider

10

to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire

1

to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending

1

(about) middle; midway

1

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

2

right in half

1

to smash; to break into pieces

1

foolish; stupid; silly

1

to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy

7

while passing each other

1

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

5

stabbing; piercing

1

helmet (of a warrior); headpiece

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

3

like that; that way; thus

4

reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes

4

before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously

18

cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)

1

rising; ascending; climbing

2

ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

2

dealing with; coping with

4

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

13

heaps of corpses all around

2

painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell

2

reverence; awe; respect

1