jpdb beta

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

2

twice; again; second time

1

to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

2

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

1

desire; appetite; lust

1

school of painting

1

dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)

1

knife

9

base of the throat; bottom of the neck

1

to thrust before; to thrust at

2

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

4

revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

3

time; hour; moment

1

passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)

1

to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

1

nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

5

overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory

1

plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

1

Edo period (1603-1868)

2

Ise pilgrimage; pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine; Ise pilgrim

1

Meiji period (1868-1912)

2

thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan; sukiyaki

1

suicide

1

castella (type of sponge cake)

1

watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

1

Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

1

to do (for someone)

2

aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly

1

to sew on

1

digging into (e.g. one's skin); cutting into; inroads (e.g. into a market); encroachment (e.g. on territory); deficit; loss

1

no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price

1

same age

1

to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down

1

setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

1

sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)

1

(Saint) Valentine

1

good (place to leave off); convenient

1

stimulating; exciting; provocative

1

to draw in; to attract

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

2

to hurry; to hasten

1

last night

1

to say goodbye; to bid farewell

2

request

1

offertory box

1

fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)

7

trying one's luck; test of one's luck

1

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

2

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

1

number; series of digits

1