jpdb beta

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

1

marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons

2

to select; to pick out

1

relative; relation

1

to count up; to enumerate

1

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

3

just one person; only one

1

which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

2

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

1

to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate

1

prescription; statute of limitations; lapsing with time (e.g. of an obligation); no longer standing (e.g. of a promise); ageing; aging

1

to hint at something

1

strict; close; precise; scrupulous

1

one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

1

small; compact

1

quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless

2

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

1

affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders

1

draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print; permit (for passing a barrier checkpoint during the Edo period); pass

2

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another

2

indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); pardon; excuse; justification; making amends for a previous misdoing

1

years later

1

conscientious; reasonable (e.g. price); honest; honorable

1

dust

4

unlucky

1

one's family and followers; one's whole clan

1

shady; underhanded; questionable

1

tens of thousands

1

to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling

2

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

2

opening declaration; profession; declaration in public; proclamation

1

more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive

1

construction work

1

wages; pay; rental payment

1

to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge

1

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance

1

gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money

1

surrounding countries; neighboring countries; neighbouring countries

1

friction; discord; strife

2

glass door

1

temporary residence

1

when one finds a moment; when one can find the time

1

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)

3

clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled

2

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

2

cabin

5

mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly

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to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

3