jpdb beta

to anticipate; to foresee

1

merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience

1

to do so; to do thus

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

3

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

2

two; 2

5

kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like

5

passing mark (examination); passing grade

1

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

1

now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease

1

husband and wife; married couple

6

to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict

1

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

1

to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

5

to make public

1

transport; transportation

1

change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

8

long way; great distance

1

from afar; over a great distance; all the way

1

to release

2

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

1

to succeed to a house

1

heir; eldest son

2

incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence

1

indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

2

practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)

2

compensation; equivalent value; consideration

1

offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

1

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

1

zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)

8

careful; elaborate; scrupulous

1

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

3

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

5

pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

1

purity (of a substance)

3

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

4

effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness

1

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

9

to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated

2

Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen); horsewhip

2

intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

2

sleeping face

1

delivery of goods

1

thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut

1

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

1

to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

2

serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

2