jpdb beta

limit; restriction

1

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

2

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

1

to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

1

pseudo-; quasi-

1

demagogue

1

complete change; about-face

1

by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand

1

prostitute

1

divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism

2

bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh

1

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

4

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

1

manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party

1

sexual desire; sex drive; lust

3

decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss

1

itself; himself; herself

1

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

2

Tales of Ise

2

cousin (younger female)

1

palace; court

1

purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat

1

middle of the night; dead of night

3

bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house

3

sexual act; sexual intercourse

1

crime; sin; vice

1

to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be

1

material; physical

2

furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking

2

messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

3

practical side of life

1

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

1

consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study

1

splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK

2

interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

1

prostitution

1

time; hour; period; class

6

overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle

2

pocket

2

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

1

lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily

1

two or three days

2

hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression

1

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

5

unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness

3

mat (made of pieces of split bamboo or reeds tied together)

1

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

2

perfectly white skin (woman); skin as white as snow

1

powder snow; powdery snow

1