jpdb beta

scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling

1

to be a problem

3

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

1

one party; one faction; one clique

3

(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed

1

to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on

1

dormitory

14

adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp

5

elder sister

3

dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)

2

polish; improvement; burnishing

1

irregular; unseasonable; changeable; unsettled; abnormal

1

worry; anguish

1

lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising

1

seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent

1

Thai basil (Ocimum basilicum); common basil; tree whose branches are said to split into seven pieces upon falling

1

ten-day period (in a month); ten-year period (in one's age); decade

1

vague; obscure; vast; boundless

1

Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra

1

bokken; wooden sword

1

Lotus Sutra

1

prayer

1

sacred flame

3

tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil

3

Buddha-nature

1

the four kinds of demons that make trouble for sentient beings

1

completing the path to becoming a Buddha (by attaining enlightenment)

1

pure land; spiritual realm of Buddhahood

1

indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate

2

flint; firestone

1

striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.; purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck)

1

efficacy; effect

1

obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability

1

gatha (poetic verse of a scripture)

1

hedge; fence; border; limit

1

Imperial Japanese Army

2

elite; best; pick; cream of the crop

1

vice-minister; undersecretary

1

assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad

7

to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket

1

followers; hangers-on

2

compensating; making up for; supplementation

1

solution; way out

1

neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying

1

while; during; performed in this condition

2

timely; opportune

1

sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis); crooked neck; gooseneck

3

eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

1

angel's raiment; robe of feathers; wings of birds or insects; plumage of birds; type of bug

1

beautiful figure

1