jpdb beta

tradition; convention

1

frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

1

ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

1

demon of the sixth heaven in the realm of desire who tries to prevent people from doing good

1

fierce

1

fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence

1

nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than

1

vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde

2

to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)

2

to stare at with a fixed gaze; to glare

2

foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone

1

hindrance; intrusion

1

searching for someone; search for a missing person

2

to be charged with a mission

1

-like

1

opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back

1

time in; making a move immediately (in a timed game of shogi, go, etc.)

1

agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK

2

cold; short; curt; blunt

1

mixing; blending; adding; adulteration; contamination

1

mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

2

done; just done; just finished

1

being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly

1

poor plan

3

to choke; to have trouble breathing

1

Qiongqi (beast in Chinese mythology; one of the Four Perils)

2

three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits

1

striped pattern

1

topaz

1

resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness

4

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

2

wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer

11

in the early period (of something); at the beginning

1

reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

1

drool

2

to be bloodthirsty

1

compared to

3

divine; sublime; solemn

1

worthy of special mention

3

to need; to require; to take; to demand

1

bracer (arm guard used in archery); gauntlet (armour); glove (in kendo or fencing); strike to the forearm (in kendo)

2

middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)

1

hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel

1

shell; cannonball

2

thrusting technique

2

abrasion; scrape; graze; paratripsis

6

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

2

serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not

2

parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)

2

unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)

1