jpdb beta

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

4

clause; article; stipulations

1

odds and ends; all; every

1

trivial; trifling

1

to commit a crime; to commit a sin

1

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

2

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

2

end (of a street, hallway, etc.)

3

investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry

2

making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling

2

dim; gloomy

4

boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque

2

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

3

to fall prostrate

1

robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy

1

to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress

2

commanding officer

12

uniform

1

naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell

1

naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata

1

to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

1

one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand

1

to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)

1

afterwards

1

dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

6

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

1

candle

1

reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes

2

gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday

1

invisibility

2

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

11

to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress

5

spark

2

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

2

to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget

1

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear

3

secret; mystery

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)

1

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

3

sprint; dash; scampering

1

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

4

stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

1

to stop walking; to pause

5

interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox

1

to concern; to be related

1

just now; a moment ago; this very minute

1

to take over; to hand over

3

flush; blush

1

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

1