jpdb beta

chimes; toll of a bell

1

rest period; intermission; break time; recess

1

assassin

8

shade of tree; bower

4

cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery

2

to rub in (e.g. cream into the skin); to grind and mix (e.g. pepper into miso)

2

to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter

2

capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

11

rarely; seldom

1

wheat; barley; oat (oats)

4

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

1

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

12

to continue to increase; to continue to mount

2

every year; yearly; annually

7

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

1

(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence

2

to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

3

to be sold out

1

protecting (someone); defending; standing up for

1

forced; compulsory

4

to walk someone off (e.g. to the police station)

1

worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker

2

death sentence

1

wealthy people; the rich

2

sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

2

political measures; policy

3

being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)

2

military personnel; soldier

3

to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)

1

the whole world

1

languid; weary; listless; melancholy

2

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

2

weakening; emaciation; decline

3

rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion

1

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

3

to work diligently

2

manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party

1

robber; mugger; robbery; burglary

4

one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

1

to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with

1

study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

4

languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy

2

to trace back to (the origins of something)

1

civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

2

untrodden; unexplored

1

to meet the demand

2

spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity

19

to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)

2

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

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