jpdb beta

strange voice

1

shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled

1

to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself

2

to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

1

marble

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

3

single word; a few words; brief comment

13

grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

4

younger people; future generations

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

5

limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

2

to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry

1

to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension

2

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

3

impossible to understand; impossible to decipher

1

older brother and younger sister

6

positive thinking

1

to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent

5

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

1

arbitration; conciliation; mediation

1

to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

3

summit meeting; top-level conference

1

steadily

3

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

5

always; all the time; never; usual; regular

6

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

8

speech and conduct; words and deeds

1

mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters

1

condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)

1

desire; appetite; lust

2

coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

2

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

2

far away in the distance; in the far distance

1

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

1

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

6

about this time

1

someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)

4

to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate

1

indoor (court, pool, etc.)

1

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

1

samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to

1

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

16

denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation

4

place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

6

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

3

to live; to reside; to inhabit

1

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

1