jpdb beta

first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative

2

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

1

bahaha; bwahaha

1

to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted

3

(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor

5

supernatural power; divine power; magical power

1

darkness; the dark

2

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

11

pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking

1

temple (Buddhist)

7

source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis

1

Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)

1

idiot; retard; idiocy; profound mental retardation

3

the same clan

1

state; country; nation

1

old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

4

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

1

chief retainer; daimyo's minister

5

to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner

1

to leave; to evacuate; to withdraw (from); to move out (of a house, etc.); to vacate

1

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

1

to stand under a waterfall (as spiritual training)

3

left shoulder

2

kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)

1

-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)

2

to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

3

chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air

3

to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of

1

something; what; why; how

1

sitting calmly and quietly (i.e. in order to meditate)

1

feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

7

martial arts

1

instructor

1

school (e.g. of ikebana)

2

to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)

1

ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity

1

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

1

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

5

sword; blade; single stroke

1

to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

1

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

1

God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan

1

because; as; since

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foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction

1

revelatory dream; revelation; a vision

1

temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

3

to begin to attend (e.g. school)

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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almost every day; almost daily

5