jpdb beta

serious; earnest; honest; real; legit

1

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

1

boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom

1

the same as always; day after day

1

life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

1

reading (books)

4

reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence

1

killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style

1

spell; curse; incantation

1

attaining enlightenment; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)

2

to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

4

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

1

useful thing; usable article; present; gift

2

ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience

1

end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)

1

at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all

1

to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble

3

followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

1

double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself

1

let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you

1

muffled voice

1

drawstring pouch

1

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

2

patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon

2

one's store of patience

1

to knock (someone) off their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel

1

reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for

2

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

1

yakuza film; yakuza movie

1

lunch time

1

even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on

2

two; 2

6

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth

2

the wisdom of Manjushri

1

gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation

1

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer

1

wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling

3

such and such; so and so

1

adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation

1

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

1

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

1

call; invitation

3

to get into trouble; to have troubles; to cause trouble; to break down

1

condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise

2

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

1

(a) few; some; several

2

know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look

1