jpdb beta

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

3

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

10

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

1

popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

1

to carry around; to be roundabout (speech, actions, etc.); to be indirect

1

study; learning; tutorial

1

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

1

question; inquiry; enquiry

2

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

1

sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

1

other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

1

to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

1

covering; protection; backing; relief

1

fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized

1

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

1

elder brother's wife; sister-in-law

1

help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

1

to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use

1

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

1

to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of

1

roughly

1

manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure

1

attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

1

full of; brimming with

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

3

to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

1

protest; objection

1

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

1

to ask a question; to ask questions

1

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

1

to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

1

originally; by nature; from the start

2

to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

1

to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse

1

(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

1

to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

1

to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

1

secret; secrecy

1

to realize; to realise; to hit upon something

1

straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

1

to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

1

limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...

1

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

1

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

1

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

1

to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve

1

to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked

1

looking on; remaining a spectator

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