jpdb beta

skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

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shower

8

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

7

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

20

paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

4

having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill; fully enjoying

1

powerful; strong

2

reinforcement

4

priest; monk; bonze

4

Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)

3

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

11

food

3

preserved food boiled in soy

1

carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease

4

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

7

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

15

boy; man; male

19

lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher

5

to begin (doing); to start (doing)

4

oh; ah; I'll be darned

18

(barbed) wire entanglements

1

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

2

patrol boat

1

searchlight

1

to slip through; to slip past; to evade

1

shark

1

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

3

sea; ocean; waters

29

to swim

7

harbour; harbor; port

1

truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

4

mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly

1

hmm; I see; hrm

7

hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.

2

huh!; oh; wow; I see

1

harem

1

sex; sexual intercourse; (one's) sex; gender

19

(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

3

this is why; this means; it is the case that

7

complete; whole; perfect; safe

4

hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm

3

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

3

regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat

1

to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice

1

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

3

he; she; that person; (arch.) you

10

whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

1

strong; intense; severe

5

bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)

2

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

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