jpdb beta

prime minister; premier; chancellor

1

bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

1

wise man

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

4

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

1

why; how

3

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

2

the late; the deceased

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

11

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

1

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

3

to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

1

politics; government

3

to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to

1

western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

1

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

2

ambition; aspiration

2

arm; skill; efforts; ability

1

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

2

sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

1

to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge

1

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

2

portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back

1

Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems

1

to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

1

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

2

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

1

to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes

1

evening; night; dinner

2

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

2

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

1

exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

3

the most extreme

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

3

followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

1

political strife

1

loyalty; devotion

1

prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion

1

young nobleman

1

assassination

1

warning; advice

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

2

trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle

1

to draw the line; to set a boundary; to make a clear distinction

1

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

2

to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent

1

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship

1

opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

1

whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly

1