jpdb beta

to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage

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penniless; extremely poor; destitute

2

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

3

on bargain sale; rising in popularity; up-and-coming; budding

1

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

2

to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

1

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

3

to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

1

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

1

from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

2

to fight to the bitter end

1

fashionable thing; popular thing; craze

1

to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

2

expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

1

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

1

military fame

1

to throw one's weight around; to be puffed up

1

big quarrel; huge fight; big row

1

humble; modest

1

(place) out of sight; (somewhere) out of eyeshot

1

Lindworm

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to build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted

3

big snake; (large) serpent

2

in a circle (ring)

1

to grow restive; to begin to act violently

1

out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

1

to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked

2

scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

1

arrowhead

1

tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain

1

only once

2

to twine around

1

lord of a castle

1

lower half of the body; nether parts

2

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

1

to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down

1

poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!

1

upper half of the body; upper body

1

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

3

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

2

nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others

1

what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone

1

one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line

1

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

1

to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through

2

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

2

covered with; stained; smeared

3