jpdb beta

handcuffs; manacles

27

favorite; favourite; habitually used

4

with a scraping sound; with a scratching sound; with a crunching sound (while eating)

3

rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)

1

on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

2

someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

12

way; method; means

4

in that way; like that; that way

3

meditation; contemplation

2

to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult

1

unavoidable; inevitable

2

still more; especially

2

blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration

2

to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed

1

short way; shortcut

1

to cause casualties; to result in deaths

1

in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly

1

to make sense; to be meaningful

6

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

1

our country; our land; one's own country

6

wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily

6

to weaken

8

having just started...

2

way (of doing); method

1

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

6

nothing special; nothing significant; not a problem

1

to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)

1

calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility

4

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

2

right beside; close to; nearby

1

everyday articles which have come to be regarded as folk art

1

camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade

9

conspiracy; plot

2

beginning; start; outset

1

hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway

7

sender

1

short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)

12

had better ...; had better not ...

9

reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution

6

to crumble away; to collapse

4

imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective

11

to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

3

conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption

1

perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

8

divorce; dissolution of adoption

6

little bit

1

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

18

to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of

3

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

4

point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge

5