jpdb beta

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

succession; successor

1

unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient

1

tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

1

to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)

1

crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe

1

attendant male servant

1

to increase; to add to; to augment

1

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

1

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

1

brainwashing

1

as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state

1

inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling

1

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

1

irritating; aggravating; upsetting

1

relative; relation

1

spittoon

1

boy; son; baby boy; young man

4

temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

1

filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust

1

mockery; derision; ridicule

1

to be a matter of life or death

1

I have nothing to do with it

1

loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity

1

licking one's lips; licking one's chops

1

to enjoy (oneself)

1

jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold

1

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

1

to send in

1

hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation

1

later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant

4

to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

1

apology

2

funny word or gesture; funny part (in a puppet show, kabuki, etc.); (arch.) a woman's temple hair

1

several day period

2

settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards

1

this time; now

4

thereupon; shortly thereafter

1

every time; each round

1

bunch of flowers; bouquet

1

florist; flower shop

1

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

3

increased or beefed up security

1

remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation

6

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

2

great; grand; extensive; large-scale

1

as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly

1

how can (one) do something

1

falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses

4