jpdb beta

yumi; Japanese-style bow; Japanese-style archery

2

to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store

2

manipulation; puppet

5

bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

1

arrow; wedge; chock

4

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend

16

journal; daily record

1

loanword; foreign-origin word

1

to slip out

1

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

1

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

1

to fight a battle; to have a fight

1

garrison; guards

1

prognostic symptoms; after-effect

1

to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

1

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

2

slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

2

dinner; evening meal

2

preparation; arrangements

1

discovery; detection; finding

1

discoverer

1

great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

2

to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess

1

to hold in one's mouth

1

sphinx

2

calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat

2

riddle; puzzle; enigma

1

legendary; fabled; fabulous

1

living thing; living creature; animal; life

1

offender; criminal

2

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

cooking

2

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

1

punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact

1

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

1

five o'clock

1

putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

1

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

1

to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious

1

proper; appropriate; due; suitable

1

district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty

1

introduction; presentation; referral; listing

1

tofu; bean curd; beancurd

1

Hamburg steak; hamburger steak

2

spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp

1

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

1

stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling

1

to become hungry

1