jpdb beta

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

2

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

3

circuitous; roundabout; indirect

1

to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)

1

to leave one's seat

1

to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter

3

to lie down; to throw oneself down

1

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

2

to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

1

half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive

1

trend; tendency; movement; attitude

3

apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous

1

abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender

3

completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

1

rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly

2

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

1

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

3

lazy; idle; indolent; slothful

1

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

1

to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

2

casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular

2

here and there; in places

1

nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade

2

to be conspicuous; to stand out

4

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

1

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

1

exploitation; overuse; abuse

1

heavily; profoundly

2

strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence

2

during the war

2

snappingly; with a snap

1

shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted

2

walk; stroll

1

while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way

1

to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

2

to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure

1

polish; grinding; sharpening

1

correction; rectification; mending; repair

2

instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability

1

Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)

6

swordsmith

2

outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

1

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

1

to bear; to shoulder

1

castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

2

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

1

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

1

to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

2

political measures; policy

1

free markets and open guilds; relaxed market place policy in the Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1573-1598)

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