jpdb beta

shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

15

frequent; incessant

3

study of foreign languages; linguistics

1

sentence structure; grammatical construction

1

(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

1

practice; practising; training; study

1

official; civil service

1

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

1

being on the defensive

1

offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding

2

giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji

1

straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

2

alabaster

2

clear and bright

3

texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail

3

coarse; rough

7

white race; Caucasians

2

to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

3

virtue; good qualities

1

natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features

1

to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

7

immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires

2

peeping at (without permission)

3

bow (salute, greeting)

4

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

4

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

3

to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with

6

hesitation; hindrance; washroom

4

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

1

unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)

2

clearing one's throat; cough

6

pending question; unresolved problem

3

casual; doing something without taking it too seriously

1

butterfly net; net for catching insects

1

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

9

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

7

fiance; fiancee

3

fiance; fiancee

2

already known; well-known

2

(social) class; rank; grade

1

manners and customs; folkways; usage

2

young; youthful

1

to be sticky

8

sentiments; passions

1

eye color; eye colour

5

trend; tendency; movement; attitude

4

personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy

5

to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

1

inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling

1

lady-killer; casanova; Don Juan; kabuki actor who has mastered the art of romantic acting

1