jpdb beta

good citizens; law-abiding people

1

to prove; to substantiate

1

to clear away; to remove; to demolish

1

pardon; extenuation; borrowing; borrowing a kanji with the same pronunciation to write a similar-sounding word

1

blame; accusation; torture; maltreatment; pangs (of conscience)

3

shades of evening; dead of night

1

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement

2

spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)

2

cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

3

criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

3

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

1

place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)

2

kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)

2

reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)

1

scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

3

representative; exemplary; model

1

the times

2

side view

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

2

laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow

1

sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text

1

these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

2

night attack

6

prisoner

2

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

2

unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

look!; there!; here!; that is

1

characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate

1

li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

1

litigant; plaintiff; suitor

1

the others; the remainder

1

thin; slender; fine; unlucky

1

kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)

1

wicker clothes hamper

1

following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking

1

false charge; slander; defamation

3

dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)

1

Buddhist priest

1

good; goodness; right; virtue

6

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

3

juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord

1

no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

1

dried hides

1

dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)

1

traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless

5

one's own faction (of a party)

1

drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

2

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

1

chopping board; cutting board

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

1