jpdb beta

short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō

1

way; method; means

3

suicide by the sword

1

to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy

8

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

2

bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave

1

assembly; aggregation

2

deed; act; work; performance

1

(flash of) lightning

1

pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to

1

cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; cannibalization; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle

1

stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)

1

putting in other words; rephrasing; rewording; paraphrase

3

to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall

2

hard fighting

3

no matter what; whatever happens; under any circumstances; never

4

to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)

1

school (of thought); sect

1

agent; proxy

4

mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part

4

random firing; reckless firing; excessive issue

4

gust of wind

1

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

2

temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory

2

to proceed with things; to carry out; to do

1

to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck

3

fallen angel (esp. Lucifer)

58

vocal cords; vocal folds

2

deviation; departure; (accidental) omission

2

suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)

2

(person) seeming like a genius; (having) the temperament of a prodigy

1

instinct

7

harmful; hazardous

1

compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane

1

ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern

2

footwork; mobility; flexibility; adaptability

4

even (e.g. as a child)

1

tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō

1

Shuhari; three stages of mastery: the fundamentals, breaking with tradition, creating one's own techniques

1

babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper

12

middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)

3

li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

3

to investigate thoroughly; to research thoroughly; to master; to understand completely

1

first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy

1

more and more; increasingly; extremely; very

1

Jion

1

Aisu

1

Ikousai

1

Ittō-ryū; school of swordsmanship founded during the early Edo period, from which many later schools branched

1

Itō

1