jpdb beta

as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

10

reproachful; hateful; bitter

6

to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

5

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

2

to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)

2

to give one's life; to lay down one's life

3

to be full to the brim

1

Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

3

fish

10

muddy water; red-light district

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

37

true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

13

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

4

to die; to be killed

5

peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times

2

mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence

2

to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate

2

tenderhearted; faint of heart

2

to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself

1

all the more; still more

1

to leave as is; to ignore

8

absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

2

to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)

1

to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly

10

manner of death

2

compared with

3

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

4

live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service

5

to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

8

to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

22

to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

1

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

15

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

6

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

5

way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

9

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

9

beyond; across; the other side; the distance

4

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

3

to stiffen; to become stiff

15

quietly; soundlessly

11

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

7

looks; features

3

blood relationship

1

in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

2

affection; love; fondness; tenderness

1

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous

1

qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything; spirits; mind; divine atmosphere; mysterious presence

9

to melt together

1