jpdb beta

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

3

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

38

fist fight

1

to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

2

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

6

desperation; struggle to the death

2

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

4

to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

2

sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

1

implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization

5

from the beginning; from scratch

1

wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to

18

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

13

to approve of

1

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

4

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

6

education for governing as a monarch; kingcraft

15

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

3

almost; roughly; approximately

9

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

5

training; drill; practice; discipline

4

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

10

rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism

2

vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth

2

time; pause; space; room

7

one hour

2

today; this day

4

more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage

6

(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

4

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

11

fortunes of war

1

quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

10

enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten

9

exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured

2

design

1

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

6

door; gate; opening; title page

8

room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable

38

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

6

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

9

leather-covered

1

luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous

1

chair; stool; post; office; position

9

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

5

intimidating air; sense of intimidation

1

enshrinement

1

to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes

6

sunglasses

2

across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for

4