jpdb beta

praise; admiration; commendation; approbation

1

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

1

eulogy; compliment

1

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

1

several lines (of text)

1

the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

1

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

8

to pour drinks for each other; to drink together

2

art of war; strategy; tactics

1

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

3

two copies

1

miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

5

soy sauce; shoyu

7

eating habits

1

to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)

1

natural food; health food

1

being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability

1

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

1

general; popular; common; typical

2

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

1

to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

1

profit; earnings

1

middle-class farmer

2

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

1

to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce

2

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

1

in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

1

to make an enemy (of); to antagonize

1

to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

1

to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

1

to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something

1

turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing

1

centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power

1

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

1

cause; origin; source

1

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

3

to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)

2

usurpation; taking back; dispossession

4

return; restoration

2

ruler; monarch; sovereign

1

nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents

1

religious group

1

blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless

3

Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person

1

layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity

1

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

1

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

1

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

1

zombie

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