jpdb beta

lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means

1

foresight; forethought; far-sighted plan; planning ahead

1

conjecture; surmise

1

crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

1

at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

1

victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

1

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

2

traveling throughout the country (travelling)

1

founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion

1

revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out

3

absolute secrecy

2

Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

2

dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine

3

influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

1

court noble; nobility; Imperial Court

1

discerning (quick) eye; keen insight

1

imperial court

1

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

1

the same clan

1

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

2

wetting oneself; peeing in one's pants

1

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

2

that gentleman; that lady; he; she

1

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

1

from now on; in the future; further

2

like; similar to; same as

1

calmly; peacefully; painlessly; comfortably

1

sleepy; drowsy

1

to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

2

celebrated flower; beautiful woman

3

this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness

1

that night; tonight

2

singing and dancing

1

to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to trifle with; to fool around with

1

nothing; nil; naught; nought

1

sigh; grief; lamentation

1

oneself and others; (in philosophy) subject and object; transitivity; transitive and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith

1

(oil painting) canvas

1

peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled

1

to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt

2

physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline

1

to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated

1

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

3

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

2

next or adjoining room

1

blindness

2

blind person

3

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

1

personal affairs; internal affairs

2