jpdb beta

(hard-earned rewards of) sweat and blood

1

noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

4

folk song; popular song

1

comb

4

to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt

1

hair ornaments

1

lower official

1

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

3

noh chanting; recitation

1

future; distant future

3

children

1

innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)

1

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

1

transient life; ephemeral existence

1

something; nothing (with neg. verb)

1

last resort

1

the breakup (dispersal) of a family

1

even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should

3

(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head

1

lacking a registered domicile

1

burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

2

fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes

2

refugees

2

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

1

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

4

to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

1

form; shape; figure

1

expansion; swelling; increase; growth

1

listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing

1

desperation; struggle to the death

1

severe famine

1

to increase; to grow

2

spring and autumn; spring and fall; years; age; The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu

2

properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly

1

full payment or delivery

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

1

horse put out to pasture in spring; hobbyhorse

1

year of birth; this year

1

to play in a group

1

scenery

1

descendants

2

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

2

sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity

1

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

5

friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy

2

restlessly; fussily; anxiously; to be cramped; to be claustrophobic

1

to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

2

large tree

2

to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

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