jpdb beta

(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene

2

to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through

1

one-on-one fighting sport (without weapons); combat sport; martial art

1

to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance

1

thus

1

training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

1

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

1

(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities

1

each ministry; each province (of China)

1

peaceable; peaceful

1

taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains

1

to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn

1

will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)

1

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

1

(piece of) rope; ordinary method

1

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

1

all eyes (of the public); (in) full view of the public; (with) everyone looking on; (focus of) public attention

1

(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control

2

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

2

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

2

pure; clean; purity

1

hotbed; breeding ground

1

to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin

4

fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming

1

worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom

1

looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)

2

assassin's dagger; assassin's blade; deadly weapon

1

to devote oneself wholeheartedly to; to sacrifice one's health for; to risk one's life

1

stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly

1

sublime; noble; high-minded

1

to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)

1

to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed

1

asking oneself

1

to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in

2

to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust

1

cut; gash; incision

1

shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

1

one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

1

innocent; blameless; guiltless

1

to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces

2

(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence

1

Ministry of Justice (in Tang dynasty China)

3

minister; secretary; Shujing; The Book of Documents; Ministry of Central Affairs (Qin-dynasty department); Oversight Department (under the Department of State of the ritsuryō system)

4

heavy punishment

1

founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion

1

law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

6

idle; bored

1

mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

2

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

1

(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged

1