jpdb beta

dying in prison

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poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

1

to make (someone) drink; to force to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable

1

groundless (rumour, accusation, etc.); unfounded; baseless; without a shred of truth

1

confession

2

to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)

1

granddaughter

5

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

2

(for) the time being; (for) the present; immediate; present; (for) some time (after); checking account

1

to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over

3

uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

1

to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with

1

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

6

smiling face

2

lawsuit; suit; (legal) action; litigation

1

inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked

1

precisely because

1

rich person; wealthy person

3

to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out

1

poor person; the poor

2

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

2

poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

1

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

2

fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

1

chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean

1

tea room; tea ceremony

1

relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)

1

direct appeal; direct petition

1

to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

2

to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing

1

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

5

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

1

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

5

grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man

1

guardian spirit of a mountain; mountain god

19

to cry (noisily); to wail; to sob

9

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

3

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

1

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

1

to burst open; to pop; to split

2

death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

13

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

4

noise; sound

4

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

3

boundless; limitless; vast; broad

4

shellfish; seashell; shell

1

to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect

2

what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)

2

wailing; lamentation

1

dark and desolate; forlorn

1