jpdb beta

with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of

1

strange or mysterious and troubling

5

don't you think?; indicates question

1

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

5

to say things to ease one's mind

1

popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

2

not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

1

to be saucy (of children); to be impudent; to be cheeky; to be sassy; to be precocious

1

a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

2

denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation

2

depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

1

rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)

2

confinement

1

next morning

1

captain's cabin

4

call; visit

1

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive

1

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

one person; ordinary; common

1

feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)

1

to become used to seeing; to be familiar with

1

imported; foreign-made

1

drawing; picture

1

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

1

household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow

1

desk; copy editor

2

carpet; rug; runner

1

table; desk

1

sea chart

1

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

3

appearance; air; mien; getup

9

unusual customs

1

looks

2

jet black

1

(having a) haircut; hair-cutting; hair-dressing

1

cutting short

1

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

1

large cloth sack; baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising)

2

atmosphere; mood; sentiment

1

to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively

1

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

2

elegant; graceful; refined

1

curt; blunt; brusque

1

to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match

1

to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet

1

audience; interview

1

affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

3

to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at

1

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

1

evil; untrue; erroneous

2