jpdb beta

to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out

2

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

4

loving; caring; devoted

1

duty; obligation; responsibility

4

to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of

2

trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance

4

thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant

1

lady; gentleman; person

2

such; like that; in that way

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

1

good-for-nothing; useless; worthless

3

impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions

2

well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case

3

to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up

2

irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway

2

... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...

3

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

2

to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through

1

older brother

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violent conduct; misconduct; dissipation; profligacy; debauchery

2

to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

1

stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture

3

scandal; impropriety; misconduct

3

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

3

disinheritance

5

to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

1

elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients

2

to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

2

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

3

front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin

1

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

1

possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)

2

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

2

one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task

2

to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

1

rock; boulder; crag

1

to cut off; to lop off; to prune

5

short; brief

7

gang; gangster

1

imbalance; proceeding irregularly; unsteady progress; limp; claudication

1

stock (of a gun); gunstock

2

spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus

1

it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie

1

to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

1

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

2

look of amazement; looking dumbfounded

1

true story

1

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

2

gunpowder; powder

15