jpdb beta

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

3

to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)

4

to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

2

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

1

check; restraint; oppression; suppression

3

1,000; one thousand

1

study; research; investigation

5

immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires

9

tugboat; tug; towboat; tugging (a boat); towing; towage

8

wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake

1

(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way

1

refusal; rejection

1

reading and writing

1

proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

7

attentive; cautious; careful; watchful

6

to benefit (the world, society, etc.); to be of use to; to be of service to

2

disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

1

this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

2

to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with

1

to change

4

being too late; losing one's final chance

1

to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with

5

to lay the foundation (for)

1

to keep secret; to conceal

1

one's pupil; one's student; one's follower

2

besides; moreover; in addition

2

lucky; fortunate

2

history

2

to check; to compare

4

to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to

1

immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)

9

miracle; wonder; marvel

3

to prove fortunate

1

sense of security

1

fire; conflagration

1

theft; robbery

1

decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

2

passing on by word of mouth; oral tradition

1

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

1

bamboo writing strip

1

to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)

1

raw materials; ingredients

1

uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient

1

ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami

3

to appease; to suppress; to calm

3

purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions

6

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

6

beyond description

1

one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed

4

military camp

5