jpdb beta

vice; immorality; corruption

1

great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)

1

bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me

2

time to pay the piper; (lit.) time to pay the land tax (in kind)

1

only; nothing but

25

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

1

to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk

1

acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery

2

face; honour; honor; appearance; look

2

vivid; lifelike; graphic

1

something like ...; something called ...

4

rise and fall; ups and downs

1

battle; game; bout

1

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

1

to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)

3

now is the time

1

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

12

you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)

1

court music pavilion in a Shinto shrine; kagura hall

1

palace

1

under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

1

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

2

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

6

demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend

1

brilliant red; scarlet

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

3

to return; to come back

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

3

win; victory

1

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

2

voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

29

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

1

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

5

listen!; you see; mind you; remember

7

here; with this

2

one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

1

every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)

1

to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone

1

once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone

5

absolutely; positively; decidedly

2

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

1

good; goodness; right; virtue

3

the whole world; the universe

1

the whole nation; all the people in the land

1

proper; appropriate; due; suitable

1

gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday

1

pollution; contamination

4

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

4

the entire strength; all hands; all the members

2