jpdb beta

myth; legend

1

handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade

1

manufacturer; producer

8

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

2

smithing; blacksmith

1

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

1

to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock

1

saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

1

pain; ache; -algia

1

to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying

2

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

1

absolute obedience; complete submission

1

chunk; lump; thick slice; cutting into chunks

1

katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

1

manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party

1

midday; broad daylight

1

lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine

1

bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face

1

Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology

1

lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)

1

to be filled to bursting; to burst

1

muscle

1

Japanese clothes

1

than; other than; except; but

1

meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off

1

brass

8

to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die

1

prohibition on women entering (usu. for religious reasons); no female admission

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

3

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

1

giant

3

nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing

1

dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration

2

to heat; to heat up

1

unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible

1

Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze

1

shoji (paper sliding door)

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

1

hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln

3

bright red; bright

1

dim; gloomy

1

hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense

1

roof

1

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

1

hammer

4

workshop; works

1

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

1

work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

4

channel

1