jpdb beta

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

2

same; similar; (just) like; equal

1

famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

3

ten years; decade

1

abundant harvest; bumper crop

2

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

2

extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

4

political strength

1

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

2

mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal

2

civil official

54

bribe; sweetener; douceur

1

corruption

2

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

17

brink; critical moment

6

control; management (e.g. of a business)

2

to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame

1

foreign; abroad; overseas

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

19

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

7

eldest daughter; first-born daughter

1

few days

1

to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)

2

to sew on

3

to wear; to be dressed in; to have on

5

traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless

3

-like

1

(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

3

before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner

5

prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees

3

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

11

red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

8

mantle; cloak; manteau

3

is something that; is that which

1

to get tired out; to be exhausted

1

to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin

1

every night; nightly

4

to torment; to torture; to harass

2

to have a meal; to take a meal

6

unexpected; surprising

1

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

4

by means of; due to; because of; according to

10

thin paper

2

one thin flat object; one sheet

5

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

4

sense of reality

1

nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

8

bribery; graft

3

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

3

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

3