jpdb beta

realistic; pragmatic

2

becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; introduction (to); primer; entering through a gate

1

giving; provision; furnishing

1

custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

1

talisman; lucky charm

1

necessity; need

1

that field; the authorities (esp. the police); the yakuza; organized crime circles

1

shorter way; shortcut

1

traditional Japanese steel made from iron sand (esp. for use in swords)

2

charcoal

2

iron sand; magnetite sand

2

retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out

1

charcoal; charred remains

22

wintertime; winter season

2

representative; exemplary; model

2

black (colour, color)

1

composition; constitution; composition (of a molecule, compound, etc.); constituent ratio; relative proportion of elements

1

compound

1

foot-operated bellows; foot bellows; traditional Japanese clay furnace for smelting iron (operated with large foot bellows); Tatara furnace

1

coercion; extortion; compulsion; force

2

to abandon; to give up on; to desert

1

practical use; utility

3

in a day; in a brief space of time

1

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice

5

self-education; self-instruction; self-study

1

regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction

2

another time; some other time

2

leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing

1

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

2

to crawl back to

1

to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin

1

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

2

martial arts

1

legitimate son (esp. eldest son); heir

1

free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes

1

destitution

1

one's later years; final years (in life)

1

to win fame; to become widely known; to make a name for oneself

1

after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after

3

one's remaining years; the rest of one's life

1

chief; main; principal; major

2

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

1

manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle

1

trend of the times; way things are going

1

by force

2

wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai

1

shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star

1

sickle and chain (weapon)

1

being empty-handed; bare hands (in a fight); being penniless

2