jpdb beta

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

6

person who holds the purse strings; person who minds the cash; safe keeper; treasurer

1

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

2

to take care of

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

4

rank; ranking order; hierarchy

1

bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste

1

four people

1

lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)

1

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

4

although I say; although one might say; although called

1

to lie down (and rest)

1

24 hours; twenty-four hours

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

4

concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period

3

village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)

1

to say; to be called; to do

11

all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

1

dried fish; stockfish

2

to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

5

100; hundred

3

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

4

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

4

to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

2

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

3

imprisonment; captive; prisoner

3

splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK

2

instead; but (on the other hand)

2

to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay

1

evening; night; dinner

8

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

4

wise; clever; smart

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

2

good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

2

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

2

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

1

murder; murderer

3

sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

3

subordinate; underling; henchman; minion

3

to beat to death; to kill

1

if I (we, etc.) could

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

3

violence; mayhem

11

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

1

to resound; to make a stir

1

by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

5

ventricle

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tachycardia

1

sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break

2