jpdb beta

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

3

without penalty; acquittal; impunity

1

to entrust; to leave to a person

5

protruding eyes; number of pips visible after a throw of the dice

3

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

three persons; three parties

12

purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat

1

to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry

1

prayer and austerities

1

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

1

high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest; initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon); monk who conducts religious services

3

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

3

to hold a ceremony

1

homa-mandala (fire altar)

4

you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

1

high-quality Japanese paper

1

ignition; catching fire; firing (e.g. gun); discharging

1

plain wood; unfinished woodwork

1

homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings

1

hunger; starvation

4

wild beast; wild animal; brute

1

point of ignition; flash point

1

the form of a Buddhist priest; priestly attire

1

clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright

1

mantra; Shingon sect (of Buddhism)

1

to knead into

1

lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs

1

to stamp (one's mark, etc.); to seal; to leave (one's footprints, etc.)

1

aria; singing; chanting

1

groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)

2

ebb tide

1

roaring; booming; bellowing; pealing; reverberating; rumbling

4

meninges

1

to make symbolic signs (gestures) with the fingers

1

seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table; head

1

reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

3

Mantra of Light

1

the five 20-point cards (high-scoring meld)

1

stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign

1

assembling (of people)

6

nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)

1

hand used like a sword in striking

1

old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)

1

invitation; bringing over; bringing about; giving rise to; causing

1

native people; aboriginal; indigenous people

1

all things in nature; the whole creation

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about

1

wave motion; undulation; surge; wave

2

winner-takes-all (system)

3