jpdb beta

steady; honest; sober; straightforward

1

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

19

savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

1

several day period

1

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

1

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

3

seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

3

to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language

1

to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at

1

tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit

2

to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly

1

few in number

3

worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match

1

ignorance; innocence; stupidity

1

to cross swords (with)

5

putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint

1

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

9

old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book

1

duel

1

to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with

1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

fickle; inconstant; capricious; having many romantic interests

1

what number; rank?

3

to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)

4

to stand under a waterfall (as spiritual training)

1

worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

2

strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly

2

wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery

2

admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic

2

slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely

1

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

1

restless; fidgety; in a hurry

5

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

2

lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy

1

the public; general public

1

(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)

1

kiss; kissing

1

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

3

to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side

2

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)

4

expression; phraseology

3

therapy; treatment; remedy; cure

1

base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

1

decision of a contest; finals (in sports)

12

rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence

1

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

2

to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

2

cable television; cable TV

1

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

2