jpdb beta

lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising

1

ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

2

gambling

1

professional gambler; gamester

1

joining a group

1

every direction

8

yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing

2

cleverness

1

large and small matters; particulars; details; greatness and smallness; circumstances

1

inner, astringent skin (of a chestnut)

1

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

1

Kimika

1

Sakon

1

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

1

to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

1

one edge; one end; one side

1

Ansei era (1854.11.27-1860.3.18)

1

rosary; string of prayer beads

1

link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging

1

secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

2

western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

1

how long; how far; how much

3

to suck up to; to curry up to someone

1

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

1

to bring out (the effect of); to put to good use; to make use of (e.g. threats); to use (tact, wit, etc.); to exercise; to display

1

weak person; the weak

1

to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

1

quite a lot

1

small sum of money

1

new (residential) area (esp. built on reclaimed land during the Edo period); newly-opened region; red-light district; newly-acquired territory

1

brothel

4

servant; menial

4

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

3

splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!

1

rich person; millionaire; magnate; big spender; debauchee

8

hatred

1

light; faint; pale; fleeting

1

supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

3

the same occupation; the said occupation

2

so much

1

eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood

1

to entrap a person

2

crime; sin; vice

4

exposing; unmasking; laying bare

1

to adorn; to decorate; to dress up; to build up

1

pride; self-confidence; self-esteem; self-conceit

1

principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me

4

cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack

1

two legs; two feet; two pairs

1

counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.

1