jpdb beta

to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

1

cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal

1

Mogawa

2

mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice

1

as far as the eye can see

1

one-by-one; separately; in detail

2

hostility; animosity; enmity

1

to keep standing; to stand motionless

1

chain; chains

1

small boat

1

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)

4

pontoon bridge

4

crossing a mountain

6

straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road

2

about the middle

1

to call out; to shout

2

murmuring (stream, brook, etc.); gurgling; babbling

1

shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place

17

upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes

2

downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes

1

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

2

sandbank; sandbar

1

opposite shore

1

to jump from one thing to another

1

error; mistake; slip; bug

2

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

1

the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)

1

weak attitude

1

absence; nonattendance; nonappearance

1

having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone

1

to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

1

generally; in general

1

to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

2

important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency

1

to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat

3

service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

1

assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad

2

very unlikely to ...; showing no signs of ...

1

pleasantly smiling

1

to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at

1

Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)

3

person on the path to enlightenment; Buddha; bodhisattva; high priest

1

ascetic; pilgrim; devotee

1

Amitabha

2

person of importance; a someone; absolutely; certainly; to be sure

1

to view; to contemplate

2

to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer

1

belief; faith; conviction

7

pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)

1

to embrace; to hug; to have; to possess; to command; to lead

1