jpdb beta

to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction

1

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

2

service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

2

the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not

4

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

3

exaggerated; overblown; pretentious

2

action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior

3

to unsheathe

2

ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic

6

knife blade; sword blade

14

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

1

to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe

1

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

22

to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

25

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

5

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

2

loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

2

walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)

3

Mell; Mel; Meru

11

that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

8

with a smile

1

to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree

45

senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother

1

recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

2

force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

8

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

10

languidly; loosely

1

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

2

standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing

2

tip of a sword; point of a sword

1

to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

5

essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith

2

with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand

2

both feet; both legs

8

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

2

to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

8

structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

5

lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger

11

beheading; decapitation

9

just before

8

against; contrary to

2

high; high school

2

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

5

Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount

3

counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)

4

to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

2

simply; merely; only; solely

3

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

1

even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that

7

blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

6