jpdb beta

dragon (as depicted in Western myths)

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phantom; vision; illusion

1

volley; fusillade

2

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

5

to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort

3

gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse

1

place; situation; position; location

4

plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)

1

to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude

1

disturbance; perturbation; derangement

1

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

2

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

2

to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

1

killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous

1

full moon; 15th day of the lunar month

1

to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

2

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

2

sublime; noble; high-minded

2

Lord; Highness; (arch.) you

1

beauty

3

neigh; whinny; bray

4

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

1

to go; to come

3

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

1

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

3

orphanage

1

director

1

foundation; basis

1

to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

4

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

1

spring; fountain

3

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

8

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically

1

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

3

in one's imagination

1

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

1

to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day

1

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

1

to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

1

water's surface

1

to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam

2

this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

1

sacred beast

7

giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn)

18

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

1

different (quality, nature); heterogeneous

1

to break through; to penetrate; to pierce

1

richly colored; richly coloured

2

scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

3

to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront

1