jpdb beta

practice; practising; training; study

4

daytime; during the day; Japan and China

2

part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden

3

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

1

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

5

scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

6

carotid artery

4

grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive

1

privy; toilet

2

to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)

1

several people; a few people

1

like this; this sort; this way

1

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

3

end of life; death; annihilation

2

dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death

1

offender; criminal

1

first half

1

middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)

1

vengeance; revenge; retaliation

2

directly opposite; right in front

1

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

1

sharp sword

1

owner

1

not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless

1

scientific crime detection; forensic investigation

1

reduction (in size); shrinking; minimization; trivializing (an issue); making light of; playing down

1

searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something

1

famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

1

magistrate's office

1

perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual

1

thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery

4

leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

1

peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy

3

undefeated

1

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

1

unarmed; without weapons

1

empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds

1

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

3

to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

1

questions and answers; dialogue

1

suicide

17

to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip

1

beginner; newcomer; novice; new pupil; new disciple

1

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

2

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

1

giving lessons at pupils' homes; going to train in stable other than your own

1

honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness

1

shady; underhanded; questionable

1

weakening; emaciation; decline

2

to despair of; to see the vanity of

3