jpdb beta

use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

7

grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

4

transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis

4

perpetual youth and longevity; immortality

3

ageing; aging; senile deterioration

9

shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable

3

to behead; to decapitate

1

perennial youth

3

to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

4

craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom

2

divinity

26

mimesis; mimicry; camouflage

13

ending up right back where one started

2

evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail

1

cryptid (unidentified mysterious creature); mythical beast

4

to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark

1

sky blue

2

to be appointed to a rank

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

2

eavesdropping; tapping

2

mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters

3

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

6

rice field

1

moderate

3

to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate

2

medical thermometer

1

bedside

2

dreamy state of mind

1

to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

4

to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone

7

-esque; -like; -ish

2

side table; bedside table

6

to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up

6

to doze (off)

1

annoying; noisy; strict

1

laundry; the washing

1

hard worker; hardworking person

3

practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space

1

sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness

13

dagger

5

to degenerate; to lapse into

1

Buddhist priest; monk; boy

1

learning by watching others; learning by imitation

4

to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)

2

to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard

13

to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair

2

right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

1

snipping sound; cutting sound; to cut

1

lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)

1

hair root

3