jpdb beta

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

2

once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

2

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

1

to relearn; to brush up

1

misunderstanding

2

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

6

risk

1

knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

2

to apply; to adapt

1

clapping hands; applause

5

forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding

1

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

2

nodding off (while sitting); dozing

1

pupil; student; schoolchild

1

well; now; then

1

don't you think?; indicates question

1

Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)

1

counter for temples

4

interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

1

good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

1

Amida Buddha's original vow; long-cherished desire

2

(political) power; authority; influence

4

armed might; military power; the sword; force

2

to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

1

temple (Buddhist)

1

history of Japan; Japanese history

3

mental; spiritual; emotional

1

influence; clout; leverage

1

the whole country

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

6

Kennyo

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

2

Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School

1

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

1

military commander

1

Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist uprising (Muromachi and Warring States periods)

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

1

(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

1

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

5

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

4

grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

1

something worthy of comparison; something being compared

1

spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity

3

company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

1

not worth considering; out of the question

1

countless; incalculable

2

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

7

compelling; using duress

1

statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker

3

fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized

1