jpdb beta

brilliant; bright; dazzling

1

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

1

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

4

illumination; lighting

5

to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay

1

good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory

1

bare rock; rock surface; rock face

1

Hokushin Ittō-ryū (school of swordsmanship founded by Chiba Shūsaku ca. 1820)

2

possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership

2

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

1

to have a reason; to have an excuse

1

aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn

1

snail

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as a child; when one was a child

1

to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea

1

reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre

1

(edible) snail (esp. Roman snail, Helix pomatia)

3

snail

5

slug

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

2

(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp

2

to make a sound

1

with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction

3

philosophy

1

owner

1

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

8

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

2

sky

1

effect; virtue; efficacy; impression

1

each time it happens; at all such times

2

unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed

1

custom; habit; customary practice

1

to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A

1

one beat

1

bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste

9

to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of

2

noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play

1

type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching

1

classification of Japanese words by their origin as Japanese, Chinese or Western

1

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

2

water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap

2

having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect

2

independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted

1

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

1

flexible body (esp. in gymnastics); agile physique

1

to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to

1

to be ready and waiting; to be on the alert; to be on the watch

1

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

1

to twitch

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dying; death; dead; useless; damned

1