jpdb beta

indirect

1

to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

2

deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony

1

half and half; fifty-fifty

1

to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

3

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

1

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

1

war preparation

1

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

3

revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing

3

origin; beginning

3

meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

1

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

13

cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed

2

to surround; to crowd around

4

skilled manager; resourceful general

1

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

3

to increase; to grow

1

(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support

1

pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher

1

to gain strength; to have energy

1

to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly

2

the whole area; all areas

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

2

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

2

spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour

1

two; 2

1

whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence

1

to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)

1

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

1

one's own army; one's own team

4

to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something

1

to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)

1

hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

1

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

1

emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

2

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

sentiments; passions

1

carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

1

small country

3

ruined country

2

royal family

1

survival; survivor; relic

2

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

1

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

1

wandering

1

divine protection

1

to become famous

1

second

1

motherland; fatherland; native country

1