jpdb beta

clear; pure; noble

2

excuse; explanation

1

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

2

place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)

13

call; hail; yell

1

pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

2

in a row; in a line

3

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

4

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

31

one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand

1

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

3

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon

1

feeling a sudden chill; feeling a shiver; feeling sudden surprise (fright, horror, etc.); shuddering

1

brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

2

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

6

in comparison to; rather than

5

to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

6

unnecessary; unneeded

2

death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

3

eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look

1

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

2

calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness

1

one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping

1

in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away

3

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

1

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

12

to moan; to groan

1

sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

2

retreating figure; appearance from behind

3

before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner

14

blood

1

one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

1

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

2

waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

6

to watch over; to watch attentively

5

feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear

2

sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person

3

entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)

1

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

3

your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

1

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

1

to hide oneself

1

existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

3

to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

2

to ponder; to brood

7

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

4

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

6

to have a talk; to tell a story

3