jpdb beta

to be found

1

taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven

1

to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)

1

heirloom

1

broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens

1

embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation

1

to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

1

to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle

1

whistle

1

temples and shrines

2

class system

1

halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

1

upper limit; supremum

1

farming; agriculture

1

to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal

2

brand (burnt-in mark of identification); branding iron

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal

2

divorce

1

(an) exile; vagrant; wanderer; nomad

1

muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something

1

to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame

1

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

1

firmly, stubbornly

1

to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out

2

to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

1

boiling water

1

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

1

something (or other)

1

old man; old goat

1

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

1

to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

1

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

1

water vapour; water vapor; steam

1

eardrum; tympanic membrane

1

common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp

1

to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with

1

cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat

2

playing the victim; playing the victim card

1

to betray a secret

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive

1

to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out

1

to hang (e.g. oneself)

1

omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct

1

suicide

4

to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)

1

to comb (one's hair)

1

to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

1