jpdb beta

rib; rib cage

1

drought; long spell of dry weather

1

you

17

empty box

5

to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing

1

shagreen (from a shark or stingray); sharkskin; shark leather

4

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

2

to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

3

family name; professional name

3

to be smart; to be cool; to be sharp; to be stylish

2

Gorou

1

Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; beautiful voice; woman with a beautiful voice

26

cuttlefish; squid

1

eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood

2

shortest

2

creeping plant; creeper; vine; liana; liane

3

to become vulgar; to coarsen

2

defensive-only

6

sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; eye poke (in combat sports); eye-gouging

1

report to the emperor

1

attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)

3

wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai

11

right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead

1

skylark (Alauda arvensis)

3

cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)

4

essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith (and marrow)

1

to shake off; to forsake

1

master swordsman

1

instructor

1

blood vessel; blood relationship

3

family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables

2

to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter

14

duel

1

stamina; tenacity

1

data processing; information processing

1

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

to become sinewy (e.g. of muscles); to become stringy; to become stiff; to become stiff (of attitude or conversation); to become formal; to become ceremonial

2

presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; trading session (at an exchange); rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge

2

anyone; any person; whoever

1

to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry

1

place to die; place of death

3

admirable; laudable

3

to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

1

proxy; representative

1

dyeing; printing

1

moonlit night

9

brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling

2

after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

1

grave; serious; alarming

1

to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about

2