jpdb beta

military preparation; armaments; defenses; defences

8

to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

7

for the first time in one's life

4

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

6

to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char

2

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

3

doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

2

(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

1

to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush

1

pink (colour, color); peach

13

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

2

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

11

to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips

1

don't you think?; indicates question

25

diadem; jeweled crown

1

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

2

to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn

1

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

6

next seat; adjacent seat

2

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

10

glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

3

(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)

6

soldier

5

to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)

2

to cease; to stop; to be over

8

to say; to be called; to do

5

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

1

needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry

1

to call; to summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to buy

2

gentle; mild; meek; tender

1

smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful

4

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

15

vestment; priest's robe

2

to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile

1

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

3

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

1

symbol

3

Groom; Groome

39

(Shinto) priest

14

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

16

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

13

be; is

9

retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

to like; to prefer; to be pleased by

2

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

6

suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily

9

to blush; to redden

4

I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

91

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

15