jpdb beta

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

1

animal trail; game trail

1

battle surcoat

4

conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

2

wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper

1

hakama; man's formal divided skirt

1

chamber maid; female servant; area around the hips; waist area

1

warrior; samurai

4

rainy

1

easily; without effort

2

nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable

1

school (e.g. of ikebana)

4

to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)

1

natural (e.g. talent); innate; inborn; inherent

1

swordsman; swordswoman; fencer

4

dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)

1

to sweep away; to wash away; to dredge

1

dark night; moonless night

1

alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name

1

mysterious disappearance; being spirited away

2

few decades; many decades; several decades

1

all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly

1

roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home

1

personal security; personal protection; provision of a bodyguard

1

to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply

3

(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me

58

omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct

1

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

3

baby

1

fainting; swooning

1

(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly

1

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

2

anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary

1

to take a breath; to gather one's breath; to catch one's breath; to take a rest; to take a break

1

to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard

1

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

1

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

2

like; as if; the same as

1

dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)

37

tough; strong; stiff; tenacious

2

holding one's sword pointing towards the opponent's eyes (kendo stance)

1

to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

2

to polish one's skills

1

obligation; duty; charge; responsibility

1

to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)

1

perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy

2

lord; master

2

loyalty; devotion

1

strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person

1

to do earnestly; to get serious

6