jpdb beta

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

9

same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism

1

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

3

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

1

bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

3

to gain a victory; to win

1

journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling

1

camping; campground; making camp

1

to become hungry

1

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

6

wild boar; wild pig

2

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

1

battle; fight; combat

2

to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

6

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

3

having a full stomach; being full; to one's heart's content

1

pounding (of one's heart); throbbing; thumping; heartily (eating); devouring; munching

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

2

to become hungry; to get an empty stomach

1

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

2

these guys; these fellows

2

meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet

1

danger; peril; hazard; risk

1

one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path

2

one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)

1

uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

2

otherwise; or else; if not

2

specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

1

vagrancy; wandering; nomadism

1

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

1

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

3

to rove; to prowl; to go cruising

1

powerful family; powerful clan

1

clan; family

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

3

to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront

1

particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

4

thought; idea; ideology

1

creed; belief; conviction; article of faith

1

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

2

ideal; ideals

16

gambling den; gambling house

2

to wander about; to wander around; to hang around; to loiter

1

camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment

3

morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)

3

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

3

support; backing; patronage

1

dirt cheap; very cheap

1

paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed

1