jpdb beta

older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

5

to change one's mind

1

cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous

1

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

2

gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying

1

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

3

touching; moving; painful

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

1

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

1

relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

2

to throw away

2

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

1

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

2

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

3

product; produce; result; fruit

1

impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness

1

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

1

automatic

1

to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against

1

to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air

1

exaggerated; extravagant; overdone

1

unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward

1

to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge

1

to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)

1

to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span

1

engine

1

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

2

to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race

1

to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

sound of the wind

1

Kan'ei era (1624.2.30-1644.12.16)

1

counter for temples

1

(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

4

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

2

modest; reserved

1

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

2

beginning (of a century, etc.)

2

Battle of Ueno (battle of the Boshin war; 1868)

1

to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

1

irreplaceable

1

single; solo; solitary; just one; only one

1

treasure

1

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

3

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

1

fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line

1

practice; practising; training; study

1

in that manner; like that

1

cherishing one's children; doting; adoring parent

1