jpdb beta

adherent; devotee; believer

1

to work hard; to work diligently

3

prefectural police

1

then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

9

meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast

3

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

3

to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

1

breaking through or sneaking past a barrier

1

wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)

1

to be betrayed; to be brought to grief (by an enemy); to be given a hard time

1

street at night; making a night journey

1

secret art; the mysteries

1

law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

43

to be inclined to do; to be willing to do

1

holy city; city developed around a church, temple, shrine, etc. (e.g. Ise, Mecca, Vatican)

2

(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as

2

dispute; conflict; trouble; strife

1

gossip

1

dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight

2

two-storied building

1

abandoned building; derelict building

1

round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

3

delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler

1

(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age

2

to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

4

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646.2.23-1709.2.19), Shougun 1680-1709

1

(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup

8

surely; certainly; without doubt

3

to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil

4

contrary to one's expectations

1

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

4

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

split among friends; falling out; internal discord

1

to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

2

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

4

large room; green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; junior actor; actor of small parts; large hospital room (for several patients)

1

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

3

moth

1

how many people; a number of people

7

how can (one) do something

3

fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)

7

very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

8

book value

1

stomach

6

internal organs; viscera; intestines

16

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost

6

case

4

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

2

to look around; to tour

2

atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty

2