jpdb beta

way (of doing); method

1

handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)

1

there is nothing

2

laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest

1

fixtures; furnishings; equipment

9

the whole school

4

according to circumstances; depending on the state of things; according to how the situation develops

1

to hesitate; to waver

2

suitable post or role

1

figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design

1

distrust; suspicion

1

verbal promise; one's word

1

document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

2

the gods of heaven and earth

1

cutter; cutting tool; box cutter; utility knife; (tailor's) cutter; cutter (boat)

1

seal of blood; sealing with one's blood

7

The 47 Ronin

1

good

2

concession; conciliation; compromise

6

thumb print

4

thick red ink (used for signature seals); red ink pad; vermillion ink; cinnabar ink

1

to shade an account; to add something extra

1

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

1

frankness; impulsiveness

2

check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit

1

(written) oath

1

troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)

1

son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

2

to rub in (e.g. cream into the skin); to grind and mix (e.g. pepper into miso)

2

brand name; trade name; product name

1

not yet; un-

8

sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)

7

written pledge; signed note of assurance; memorandum; legal instrument

4

coating (esp. lacquering)

1

what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

2

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

1

bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)

1

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

2

to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over

1

one cause; one reason; one factor

1

envy; jealousy

2

charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement

1

taste; flavor; flavour

2

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

5

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

4

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

1

thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

2

big snake; serpent

1

to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)

2

to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with

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