jpdb beta

to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)

3

in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

1

great majority

1

change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle

1

direct control; direct supervision

1

in the belly; in one's heart of hearts

2

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

1

real intention; true motive; true meaning

3

outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward

1

to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

1

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

complicity

1

human kindness; human weakness

1

lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

1

to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

2

conclusion; completion

1

fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)

1

to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

1

care; precaution; guarding; caution

2

to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught

1

being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

1

to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry

1

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

3

highest grade; superlative degree

1

unnatural death; accidental death; violent death

9

west side; west bank

1

(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

1

example; precedent; case

1

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

2

east side; east bank

1

rampart; castle walls

1

fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion

1

eye-witness; witness

1

accidental death

1

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

2

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than

2

demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition

7

hollow; mid-air; air; sky

1

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

1

time around sunset; early evening

1

northern part; the north (of a region)

2

age; era; period; date

1

being scattered and ultimately lost; dissipation

1

secretiveness

1

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

1

one's home; one's house

1

(Western) soup

1

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1