jpdb beta

secret

1

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

1

silent; mute; dumb

1

to talk; to carry meaning

1

other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha

1

wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)

1

to refuse; to decline; to deny

1

boss; chief; head

1

to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

1

blunder; slip; error; error

1

serious illness; travails

1

to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)

1

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

2

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

1

commander; general; leader

1

windward; upwind

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

4

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

3

to die; to be killed

1

in one's hands; in one's control

1

he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period

2

(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

1

to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end

2

walking heavily; lumbering

1

surely (not); certainly (not)

3

dirty work; unpleasant task

1

well-bred; of good upbringing

1

gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; quiet; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild; temperate

1

young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air

1

dissatisfaction with the work (role) given to one; feeling oneself above the given work (role); not up to the task; (being) out of one's depth

1

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

2

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

being startled; getting a shock

1

instantly; resolutely

2

to gag someone

1

oneself and others; (in philosophy) subject and object; transitivity; transitive and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith

1

to grow restive; to begin to act violently

3

fragment; splinter; wane (of the Moon)

3

bonds; bondage; binding

1

laws of nature; physical laws; physics

1

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

1

followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

4

(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

2

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

1

not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

1

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

4

for today; for the time being

2

death (of a person)

1

passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed

1