jpdb beta

edged tool; cutting instrument; knife

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brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

1

hostage

3

a little bit; a little while

1

to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

1

not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned

1

nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

1

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

1

impudent; cheeky

1

to get irritated

1

with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)

1

to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace

1

to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

1

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

1

from here; from this place

1

inconvenient

1

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

1

(find) common (meeting) ground

1

to hide oneself

1

bottom of one's heart

2

to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way

2

four people

1

making (something) widely known; announcement; unveiling

1

to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)

1

unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm

1

to kill (one's master, king, father, etc.); to murder; to assassinate

1

to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)

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the real criminal; true culprit

1

turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)

1

though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)

1

in good health; alive and well; going strong

1

to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

1

great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty

1

taxpayers' hard-earned money; heavy tax; conscription; compulsory military service

1

to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out

1

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

1

to approve of

1

each time it happens; at all such times

1

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

1

skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently

1

intuition; instinct; hunch

1

for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)

1

to impress (someone)

1

to arrest the culprit

1

innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty

1

proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

1

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

1