jpdb beta

gene

1

to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed

1

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable

1

small bottle

1

recipe; (medical) prescription; how-to guide (e.g. for crafts)

1

step; stride; counter for steps

6

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

4

to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)

8

to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

1

to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)

1

by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then

4

(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child

2

one large ...; a great ...

1

producing area

1

one's way (ahead); one's path

4

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

6

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

6

foreign-body sensation

1

both; (not) either

3

throat; important part; vital area

1

to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon

3

if so; in that case; in that situation

3

slimy; slippery

2

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

4

feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

2

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

4

continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on

2

learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

2

Ranmaru

2

Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)

1

fate; destiny; lot

2

to do together; to share; to participate in

1

(noble's) page

1

to speak with an accent; to mispronounce; to be corrupted (of word)

1

thorough; exhaustive; complete

2

separation of church and state

1

to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate

4

matchlock; arquebus

4

reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

1

black powder; gunpowder

1

different thing; another question; different case

2

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

2

black hair

3

forelock; bangs

2

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

5

to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)

4

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

5

abuse; misuse; perversion

1

heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage

1

competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

1