jpdb beta

big shot; higher-ups

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Saichō; Saichou (founder of the Tendai sect) (767-822)

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a step; short distance; short time

1

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

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buying (in large quantities); (wholesale) purchase; buying in; (one's) usual (store, supplier, etc.); regular; favourite (brand, shop, etc.)

2

after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually

2

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

4

side road; shortcut

4

(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture

1

right behind; just behind; directly behind

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to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

2

female cat

3

tomcat; male cat

1

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

2

speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought

1

confession

1

pregnancy; conception

1

both in name and reality; both in name and substance

4

to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

1

pregnant woman

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pregnancy; conception; gestation

1

check

2

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

2

gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober

2

how many? (large animals)

2

mishearing

1

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

2

witnessing (at the scene); seeing in person

1

to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat

5

leather strap; thong; leash

1

nimbly; lightly

1

having poor eyesight; poorly sighted

1

refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.); person who is stuck (in a place or situation)

3

total population

3

handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted

2

impassioned speech; fervent speech

2

to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

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imperial appointment

3

reputation; respectability; honour; honor

1

ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat

1

to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow

2

to hang oneself; to strangle oneself

1

to sell off; to dispose of

1

to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding

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envy

2

taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

1

ordinary citizen; the general public

2

food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

2

base; basis; bedrock; platform

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ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

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