jpdb beta

reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence

1

creed; doctrine; dogma

2

root; basis; foundation

2

belief; faith; conviction

2

Tachibana

3

humanism; love for humanity

1

based on; on the basis of

1

reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle

1

rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction

1

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat

1

herself; she herself

3

guide

2

one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing

1

to fight each other

1

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

1

to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)

1

months and years

2

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

2

thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent

1

to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

2

self-protection

1

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

3

crafty courtier; traitor

1

one's person

4

possibly; perhaps; perchance; unintentionally; accidentally

1

memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir

1

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

2

old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe

1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

1

boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up

3

bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed

2

to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on

1

cannot handle (it) any longer; fed up with; enough is enough

1

as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...

1

to kill each other

1

logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel

1

swiftness of foot; fast runner; person of great talent; gifted person

1

to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

2

kick

1

to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

2

to lose balance

1

shaking violently

1

to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed

1

how; in what way

1

defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

2

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

2

prognostic symptoms; after-effect

3