jpdb beta

prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited

1

loose; immoral; dissolute; slovenly; untidy; messy

1

both; both sides; both parties

2

winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying

1

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

2

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

3

somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely

1

bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

1

apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous

1

very much; exceedingly; extremely

2

moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment

1

(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence

1

great man; hero; big man

1

to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

1

in deep black; in jet black

1

hair (on the head)

1

contrast

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

first impression

1

to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of

2

gentleman

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to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

2

don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it

2

to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

1

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

1

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

7

talk; recital; narration; topic

1

noise; sound

1

quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...

1

sincere; earnest; serious

2

human; humane

1

translation; version (e.g. "English version")

1

to grimace; to frown

2

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

1

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

1

should do; ought to do

1

with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill

1

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

3

to try to do; to attempt to do

3

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

1

mistaken idea; misunderstanding; wrong impression

1

7th day of the month; seven days

1

one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind

1

clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one

1

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

7

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

1

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

1

intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

3

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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