jpdb beta

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

1

cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)

1

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

2

foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment

1

to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do

1

retirement

3

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

1

(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

1

pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe

1

to chop (a branch, etc.)

1

to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen

1

to pick a fight

1

appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting

1

bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone

1

police substation; residential police box

1

ardor; enthusiasm

1

career bureaucrats

2

pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy

1

(social) class; rank; grade

3

honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language

1

to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)

1

Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)

4

mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage

4

rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

13

to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)

2

almost; nearly; close to

1

disciplinary dismissal (discharge)

3

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

16

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

3

half share; half a man

1

to grow old; to age

1

abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

1

sorry; excuse me; thank you

3

revenge

2

to seize power

1

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

1

social justice

1

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

1

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

1

stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone

1

old person; oldster

1

you (plural)

5

senior; elder; person older than oneself

1

someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)

1

support

2

to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

1

at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove

1

however; whatever

1

one's duty; one's part

1

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

1