jpdb beta

with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting

3

as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

1

carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)

3

changing for the better

1

bluff

2

coupled with; together

1

to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed

1

falling to one's death; death from a fall

1

unnatural death; accidental death; violent death

1

for a long time

1

a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward

1

grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

1

un-; non-

1

to play a leading role; to play a central part

2

reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating

1

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

1

to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish

1

older sister; lass; young lady

2

to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying

1

to rock; to shake; to swing

1

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

2

paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

4

heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

1

to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve

1

instead; but (on the other hand)

1

the lowest (of its kind); the poorest

1

bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste

1

19th day of the month; 19 days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton

2

21st day of the month; 21 days

2

Kiichirō

4

taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

2

lack of information; data deficiency

2

initial investigation (by police)

2

to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten

2

sudden; lightning; immediate; shocking

2

22nd day of the month; 22 days

3

in the morning; during the morning

2

residence; mansion

2

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

2

patrol

2

grounds; premises

7

emergency measures; urgent countermeasures

2

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

3

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

6

but; however; provided that

2

going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

1

(large) house; residence; mansion

1

persuasion

2

stab; puncture wound

1