jpdb beta

temple solicitation

1

influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

1

archery and horsemanship

1

to do one's best; to put forth every effort

1

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

assistant ...; probationary ...

4

purity; spotlessness

1

this and that; this person and that person; anybody

1

Nachidaki

1

Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)

1

avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha); Avatamska sutra; Kegon (sect of Buddhism)

1

to acquire knowledge

1

famous mountain

1

to suck; to lick

2

liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man; deliverance of one's soul; moksha; mukti; vimukti

1

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

1

Great Tokyo Air Raid (March 10, 1945)

1

outrider; herald; rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony

1

just the other day; quite recently

1

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

2

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

1

technical civilization; technical civilisation

1

deepest

1

barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity

1

groping in the dark; exploring new avenues without having any clues

1

speculation; thinking; meditation

2

backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

1

intelligence gathering; information gathering

1

festival-eve vigil; eve of a festival vigil

1

defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

3

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

2

state of rebellion

4

suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

1

last resort

1

working adult; full-fledged member of society

1

Confucius

1

martyr

1

intelligence operative; spy

3

file

23

suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line

2

supernatural

2

telepathy

1

to carry out a scheme

2

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

3

one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)

1

priest's garb

2

hideout; secret base of operations; safe house

5

Tehran (Iran)

8

political maneuvering; politicking; political machinations

1

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

1