jpdb beta

reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être

1

inertia; force of habit

1

calendar; almanac

1

to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

1

convenient

3

dying; death; dead; useless; damned

1

to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)

1

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

4

inside one's heart; in one's mind

1

small box; casket

4

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

2

secret; private; surreptitious

2

immediately; right away; on the spot

1

thought; idea; conception

3

very young; little; childish; immature

2

(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

1

grandmother

72

princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue

5

to dream (of)

3

end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

1

labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

1

slave; servant; slavery

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

1

short; brief

2

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

1

to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)

1

rocky mountain

1

beast; brute; animal

1

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

1

(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking

3

mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

4

to whistle

1

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

1

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

1

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

7

small bird; little bird

6

to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge

1

to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world

1

eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

1

to use up all one's strength

1

to pick up; to pick out

4

after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

1

skeleton

4

magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch

3

if it is the case that ...

1

to harm; to cause harm to

1

dark night

1

to badger; to pester; to beg

1

royal family

2