jpdb beta

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

3

it may be because

4

right and wrong

1

as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

1

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

2

to go to see (something, someone); to visit

1

willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord

1

to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive

1

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

2

bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient

1

asking oneself

1

to die; to be killed

1

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

2

how long?; till when?

1

there is nothing

2

doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

1

bird; bard (esp. in RPG games)

1

catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)

1

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

2

jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold

8

clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)

6

transport truck; transport vehicle

7

on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of

2

middle of the night; dead of night; midnight

1

diversionary tactics

1

beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully

1

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

3

secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

1

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

2

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

1

to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse

1

(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

1

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

2

to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

1

soldier; combatant; warrior

1

alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call

2

the entire force (of soldiers)

1

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

5

consists of; comprises; is made up of

3

rank (of troops); file; column; formation

4

several (objects, usu. from two to six)

2

dozens; scores of; decades

2

unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

1

destruction; annihilation; extermination

4

rout; stampede

1

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

1

camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade

1

retreat; withdrawal; retirement

1

although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again

1

to disappear; to vanish into thin air

2