jpdb beta

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

5

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

1

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

1

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

2

irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent

1

mistaken idea; misunderstanding; wrong impression

2

wounded; injured

4

ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

1

useless; futile; vain

2

all things in nature; the whole creation

1

to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite

1

down; below; downward

1

to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust

1

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

1

canary; daffodil yellow

2

to finish dyeing

4

purgatory

1

retina

1

beyond human understanding

1

to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe

1

at the last moment; this late in the game

1

to nip (something) in the bud

1

concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation

1

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

1

noise

1

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

1

circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)

2

to burst open; to pop; to split

1

to differ depending on ...

1

several weeks; a few weeks

1

contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game

1

blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole

1

visual hallucination; vision

1

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

5

seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting

1

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

3

feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

1

bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection

1

to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

1

trolling; singing in a circular canon; round

1

simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together

2

to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)

1

to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

4

to etch into one's mind; to remember well

1

trace

1

fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)

1

with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill

1

to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)

1

fool; idiot; simpleton

2

fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act

1