jpdb beta

to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

2

should do; ought to do

6

warning; advice

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

3

never again

6

to brave a danger; to take a risk

4

expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

4

please

9

to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)

4

to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath

3

pleasant; agreeable; comfortable

2

now; nowadays

3

street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed

6

furniture

2

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

3

darkness

1

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

7

to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

8

to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

2

to shed tears

7

pale; pallid; bluish-white

16

safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

11

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

8

to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across

3

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

18

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

3

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

1

dawn; daybreak

2

three; three years of age

9

snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily

2

tatami-matted

2

living room (Western style); sitting room

3

general; popular; common; typical

2

home; family; household

2

dining; dining room; meal

2

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

2

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

6

to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)

10

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

9

to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)

7

sea of blood; pool of blood

6

to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

8

by myself; in person; by oneself

19

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

15

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

2

gastric juice

3

to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in

3

bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood

25

to fly around; to scatter

11

nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing

5