jpdb beta

animal

3

shadowboxing

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

2

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

1

cough; ahem

8

to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention

1

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

2

to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate

2

to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time

1

reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel

3

morning bath

1

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

3

cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession

1

older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

2

rioter; ruffian

2

early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk

3

putting into operation; invocation

1

extremely; terrifically; super

2

thickness

2

three mountains; three shrines (of Kumano); three kingdoms (of 14th and 15th-century Okinawa)

1

warding off disaster; protecting against misfortune

1

famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

2

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

2

willpower; energy; vitality

2

misfortune; bad luck; evil; unlucky year; critical year; year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky

1

to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify

1

ascetic monk; trainee monk

1

training; drill; practice; discipline

4

broom

2

area

1

one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route

1

with a grinding noise

2

shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)

1

impossible to do (although wants to)

2

competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

6

breakfast

2

zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)

1

assistant instructor; substitute instructor

3

to look forward to

1

to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)

1

of course; certainly; naturally

2

grilled fish

1

rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs

2

to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move

3

volume (sound level); volume; bulk; volume (book); volume (storage area); potentiometer

1

perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent

2

to gain strength; to have energy

2

umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

2

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

2

appetite (for food)

3