jpdb beta

course; route; path; process; means

2

fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden

3

uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise

3

instinctive; instinctual

4

panoramic (view, perspective, etc.); high-level; comprehensive (manner); holistic; broad

1

(at the) window

1

few decades; many decades; several decades

5

one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key

2

iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards

2

great speed; extreme speed; swiftness

16

to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)

1

medium; media

9

short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō

6

elastic; flexible; telescoping; expandable; retractable; extensible

3

fixed content; settled matter; done deal

2

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

25

intonation; accent; modulation; inflection

1

one's troops

4

to be the ruin of (a person)

2

unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

2

to cross swords (with)

1

nature; natural constitution; innate disposition

5

to learn by hearsay

2

eggshell

2

to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up

1

a few moments

2

please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

1

counterattack (kendo, judo, etc.); reversal technique

1

to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken

7

mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect

2

to bring back; to restore

1

telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism

1

to get dry

6

puddle of blood; pool of blood

2

reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth

1

to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip

5

iris (of the eye)

1

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

5

to fade; to become dim

2

to cling to

1

brain waves; electroencephalogram; EEG

1

to gradually disappear; to be vanishing

1

to warm; to heat

1

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

3

pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention

4

end; limit; bounds; extremity; result; fate

2

wailing; lamentation

2

to warm; to heat

2

to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine

5

free will

17