jpdb beta

to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation

1

to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon

2

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

3

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

1

primary school; elementary school; grade school

3

one's mother

1

basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...

1

art of self-defense (defence)

1

unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor

4

blindness; the blind

1

good family; respectable family; decent family

1

isolation; being alone; being friendless

1

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

1

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself

4

to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

1

to share

1

heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain

1

ho-ho

1

active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

2

simple (e.g. matter); problem free; hopeless; the end (i.e. leaving one at a loss of words); dumbfounding

1

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

5

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

6

to leave behind

4

like that; that way

1

emotional scars; mental trauma

1

progress; advance; improvement; development

4

separate; scattered; apart

5

wooden sword

3

1,000; thousand

1

to take care of

2

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

1

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

1

house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband

5

quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift

1

to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

7

rare

2

thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual

1

gynophobia

1

to be torn off; to come off

1

clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

1

inattention; absent-mindedness

1

before long

2

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

4

being worth doing

1

staying the night; lodging (at)

1

first half

3

fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest

4

branch; subdivision

1

darling

1