jpdb beta

fighting spirit; battle aura; combative spirit

5

host; landlord; innkeeper

5

sham battle; mock battle; dry run; military exercise; war game

1

to start; to begin; to commence

1

oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is

3

female delinquent

1

perennial youth; eternal youth

2

critical section

1

to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

1

hours of operation (of a machine, etc.); uptime

1

order; directive; instructions; command

1

rite of passage

2

to question again; to repeat a question (esp. a problematic point, or to verify understanding); to repeat a query

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

4

special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

1

stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage

2

convention hall

3

a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late

1

rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly

3

separate; respective; different

1

to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted

11

art of conversation

1

second floor; upstairs

2

ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

1

button (clothing); push-button; button

3

top floor

1

glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy

2

being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

2

impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

2

rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily

1

upper arm; (arch.) lower arm

2

moonlight

3

to cross swords (with)

1

to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)

2

implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation

2

divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)

1

main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank

1

hiding; concealment

3

mystique

1

billboard; advertising tower; face (of a company, group, etc.); poster girl; poster boy

1

unlucky

1

one's family; family member

1

Heinrich

1

number two; second in command

1

to keep face; to save face; to not lose face

1

spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating

1

(in) secrecy; behind closed doors

1

copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan

1