jpdb beta

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

3

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

3

running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices

1

vow; oath; pledge

4

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

11

hermitage; retreat

11

ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

4

to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter

1

chance (of success); odds

3

how much (long, far)

1

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

1

to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune

2

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

2

complaint

2

to originate with; to start with; to stem from

1

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

1

conclusion; decision; end; settlement

1

ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

1

completion (of a building)

1

grand; formal; ceremonial; (feeling) awkward; self-conscious; embarrassed

1

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

2

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

1

depth; deep place

1

feathers; plumage; down

2

Uesugi Terutora

1

to make a list; to enumerate

1

old badger; veteran; oldtimer; schemer; old fox

1

absentmindedness; dreaminess; simpleton; fool

3

to shorten one's life

1

headwind; head wind

1

to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently

2

folding fan

1

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

1

to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience

2

gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)

2

good-looking; fair; beautiful

1

waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

2

ancient Shinto music and dancing

1

to be boisterously noisy

1

Matashirou

2

biwa (Japanese lute)

1

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

1

Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

5

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

1

grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely

1

at a stroke; with a single swoop

1

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

1

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

1