jpdb beta

father

1

had better; is advisable

1

one's subordinate

1

school (e.g. of ikebana)

2

small; fine; detailed; stingy

2

indictment; prosecution; complaint

1

early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning

3

critical condition

1

sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency

4

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

in high spirits

2

not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means

1

one way or the other; either way

2

moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading

2

cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...

2

to narrow (e.g. eyes)

2

to be subject to punishment; to be punished

1

(imperial) words

1

to make an appeal; to urge

3

to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered

1

to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

1

stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

1

that in itself; as such

1

nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy

2

inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety

1

putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint

3

able; capable; competent; talented; efficient

4

one's family and followers; one's whole clan

1

portion; part; snapshot; glimpse

1

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

2

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

2

dilemma; predicament

1

uprising; revolt

9

ratification; confirmation

2

unjust; inhuman

5

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

4

clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood

1

rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer

1

chief; head; leader

1

to have one's name entered (in a list)

1

situation; outlook; one's allegiance; affiliation; position

1

parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)

1

aim; goal; prospect; outlook

1

(a matter of) chance; fortune (of a given time); force of the times

1

to sit; to squat; to be implicated

1

random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned

1

appeal; call for something; request; axiom

2

curt; point-blank

1

prospects of victory; chances of success

3