jpdb beta

panacea; elixir (of life)

38

to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

24

capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

8

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

9

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

4

pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

13

party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed

1

to face; to go towards; to head towards

3

2nd day of the month; two days

4

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

18

I; me

87

being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

1

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

76

nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)

1

landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land

16

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

13

above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)

6

early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

1

(public) duty

8

to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

3

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

1

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

1

reluctantly; unwillingly

1

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

1

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

72

sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current

1

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

5

reaching the shore; docking a boat

1

you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)

3

Island; insula; island; islet

1

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

40

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...

19

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

14

counter for people

11

missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

1

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

19

to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...

15

to be worried; to be troubled

2

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

3

bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased

2

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

1

mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

1

to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch

16

one thing or another; this and that; something or another

2

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

90

to return; to come back

1

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

59

sorting fruit

1

oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...

6