jpdb beta

brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark

1

chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

4

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

1

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

3

to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

4

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

1

hey!; over here!; OK; gotcha; yep

1

safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

8

(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad

1

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

22

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

2

foobar-style name for a dummy variable

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

word; remark; statement

1

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

3

lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

1

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

4

to court; to woo; to approach defiantly

1

cross mark; demerit mark; an X

2

remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)

3

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

3

one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)

1

to be exhausted; to be tired out

3

to show signs of; to appear

2

this

1

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

1

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

1

than; other than; except; but

2

tedious; boring; being fed up with

3

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

7

elevation; high ground

7

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

5

harbour; harbor

1

public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing

2

to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

4

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

6

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind

1

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

1

seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

1

100; hundred

7

to surround; to crowd around

1

to cheer; to jeer; to mock

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

4

one by one; one at a time; in turn

2

cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

1

to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)

2

stronghold; citadel; headquarters

1

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

1