jpdb beta

accomplishment; realization; attainment; penetration; pervasion

5

vomit and excreta

2

aspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes

1

transport truck; transport vehicle

1

to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane

6

falling object; fallen object

1

traffic restrictions; traffic control

1

billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)

1

abundant harvest; bumper crop

1

to tremble

4

to start a signal fire; to use a smoke signal; to initiate an action; to start a campaign

3

Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region

1

in the mountains; among the mountains

1

site; plot; lot; grounds

6

foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

1

haunted house

1

spray; sprayer; atomizer; sprinkles (confectionery); hundreds and thousands

1

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

6

run-down house; dilapidated house; shabby old house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant

1

practice; practising; training; study

11

awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

2

almost every day; almost daily

4

to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)

1

ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation

1

at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn

1

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

1

being covered in blood

3

weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person

3

distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm

1

as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction

5

three qualities of a martial artist or athlete: heart, technique, strength

2

fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience

1

instructor (esp. of martial or traditional arts); teacher; model; exemplar; normal school (Japan; 1872-1947); teachers' training college

6

learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

7

uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable

1

disposition; temperament; temper; nature

8

difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect

1

to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one

3

kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords

1

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited

6

malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back

1

to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

4

each time

2

to pay respect (to)

2

hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

1

forest; shrine grove

19

sunlight filtering through trees

6

from out of nowhere; from who knows where

5

singing voice; (sound of) singing

2

sudden; abrupt; unexpected

6