jpdb beta

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

3

to sidle up to

8

interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)

6

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

6

back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin

1

attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

7

unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

3

situation

1

big shot; higher-ups

6

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

23

haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up

7

every month; trite; commonplace; conventional

1

elite

14

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

14

patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)

1

high class; noble

6

queen; female champion

19

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

1

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

7

tea ceremony; Way of Tea

3

foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land

1

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

2

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

1

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

1

Heian period (794-1185)

1

envoy to Tang China

1

to bring; to take; to bring about

5

diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization

1

Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)

1

history

5

representative; exemplary; model

1

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

2

moment; instant

1

bluff

3

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

1

restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy

1

wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection

1

blow; hit; stroke

18

to knock down; to defeat

5

at a glance; by accident

3

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

10

to surround; to crowd around

12

one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

16

to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into

4

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

2

high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous

3

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

12

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

4

cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance

1

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

3