jpdb beta

personal struggle

3

western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)

1

place; situation; position; location

2

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

3

extreme; radical

1

cold reception; inhospitality

1

to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper

3

most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place

1

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

2

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

2

to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

1

dilemma; predicament

3

naturally; of course; understandably

1

to kick down; to defeat

1

to incur someone's enmity

1

strong-willed; volitional

1

in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with

1

noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright

2

essence; true nature; substance; reality

6

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

1

any number of times

1

my; one's own; I ...; one ...

1

act; deed; conduct

3

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

2

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

1

-made; make

9

strangeness; abnormality; disorder

6

to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten

1

bitter enemy

2

companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners

1

forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting

1

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

3

imperial rescript

1

Vincennes

8

reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground

1

hunting

1

place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range

1

designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

1

central part; heart (of a city)

1

watchtower; observation tower; lookout

1

eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant

1

avid reader; bookworm

1

noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

1

private room

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

every night; nightly

1

starry sky

4

foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction

1