jpdb beta

to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave

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at this stage; at this point; (only) now

2

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

2

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

5

ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to

1

contradiction; inconsistency

2

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

1

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably

1

to shrug one's shoulders

2

continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration

1

system; institution; organization; organisation

1

vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit

6

meaning; called; said

2

for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages

3

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

3

self-interest; selfish desire

2

to let die

2

to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with

1

(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

1

shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)

1

bowing one's head (in respect or worship); worship; respectfully yours

1

charm; spell; curse; malediction; dharani; mantra

1

capable person; talented person; person with supernatural powers (in fiction); competent person; person with legal capacity

2

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

4

to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word

1

simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item

1

life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

1

to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern

1

to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)

2

hard worker; hardworking person

1

to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

1

to relax; to make oneself comfortable

1

collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

1

indirect

1

intentional; on purpose

1

madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic

1

circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money

1

person who has escaped death; failed suicide; person who has outlived their time; dotard; doddering old man

1

to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away

2

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

1

haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous

1

apology

1

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

2

immediate reply

2

to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe

1

opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable

1

to fight against; to oppose; to face

3

person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

4

desperately; for one's dear life

2