jpdb beta

if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)

4

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

5

to (do) like this

2

marrying to become a housewife; (lit.) permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife)

1

established practice; custom

1

drinking party; get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)

1

evening meal; dinner; supper

4

to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify

2

all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly

1

promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule

5

like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...

1

thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill

2

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

5

what would (you) do?; what to do about it

2

to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

1

village

3

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

3

regarding as sacred; apotheosis; deification; sanctification

3

feeling; mood

2

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

1

troublesome; bothersome

1

to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

1

to make a fuss over; to pamper; to spoil; to indulge; to flatter (with attention)

1

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

4

case; occasion; situation; circumstances

2

to the end; to the last

3

to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)

1

another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally

2

within; inside of; less than

2

precedent

1

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

3

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

2

few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient

11

to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)

1

practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis

1

binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term

1

manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

2

drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink

1

to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)

2

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

1

having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something

1

sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question

1

shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming

1

taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

1

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

1

time passes

2

half

2

to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support

2

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

1

bag

1