jpdb beta

with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

to do by the use of

with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand

absurd; unreasonable

as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly

in advance; beforehand; previously

until now; still; yet; (not) yet; since

with this I (formal); by this I (formal)

by (means of); with

fight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another

first of all; in the first place

exceedingly

to control foreigners by foreigners; to play one barbarian state against another

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

all the more

hard to replace (with other person)

being so content that one would not mind dying; one can now rest in peace; one ought to be contented with what has been accomplished

birds of a feather flock together

to live by the pen

to lose an argument despite being in the right; to have the right on one's side, yet succumb to another

to wait for the enemy to tire at ease

one should learn from other's mistakes; (lit.) stones from other mountains can be used to polish one's own gems

to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight; (lit.) to look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi)

to replace one tyranny by another; to use violence against violence