jpdb beta

to distract one's attention

1

opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy

1

babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper

1

to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

2

wearing a sword

1

to smash; to break

2

back of the hand

4

to grow old; to age

1

to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

3

crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)

1

to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

2

sincere; earnest; serious

1

negative; minus

4

imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign

1

brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend

3

ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing

1

venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

2

to look down on; to make light of

1

bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy

1

to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect

2

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

7

see you; bye; ciao

1

to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)

2

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort

1

full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end

1

disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

4

noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

2

to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

1

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

12

tone

2

conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

4

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

2

since one was born; (in) all one's life

2

end of war; cessation of hostilities

3

war victims

1

fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages

4

everywhere; all over; throughout

2

if; in case; supposing

1

to explain adequately; to be accountable

2

unreality; becoming disconnected from reality

3

kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading

1

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

2

name change

1

gentle; mild-mannered

1

dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties

15

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

1

roguish; impish

5

literature; books (reference); document

2

scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning

1