jpdb beta

manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

3

hosts; all the armies

1

ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual

1

to attack; to assault; to assail

2

to break; to smash

7

eight (long cylindrical things)

1

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

5

revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

3

sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.

1

race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)

6

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

1

chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain

2

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

2

darkness

16

every evening; every night

1

pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

6

waste of time

1

betrayal; infidelity

3

virtue

4

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

14

heresy

2

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

9

to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

1

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

1

to be shrewd; to be sharp; to keep your wits about you; (lit.) to pluck out the eye of a live horse

1

many; a lot; much; multitude

3

to do a meritorious deed

2

fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal

1

school

1

apostle; disciple

1

contradiction; inconsistency

4

to rack one's brains

1

touchstone; Lydian stone; touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test

1

handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering

2

to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus

2

what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on

1

uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)

1

one's cherished opinion; pet theory

1

one room

3

eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

6

to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon

2

sleepiness; drowsiness

1

to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

2

things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required

3

changing clothes; change of clothes

3

closet

1

last night

5

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

1

transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)

1