jpdb beta

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

3

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

1

several seconds

1

just like

1

revolving lantern

1

to check; to compare

2

speculation; thinking; meditation

2

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

2

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

9

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

1

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

6

time of death; one's final hour; one's end

1

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

1

foolish act; folly

2

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

5

to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

1

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

4

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

11

how could I (you, etc.) ...?; how dare you (they, etc.) ...; how can you have the nerve to ...?

1

such ... as; or some such

9

entertainment

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trick

5

great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge

2

solution of a riddle

1

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

2

to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

2

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

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nerve; nerves; sensitivity

2

historical play; period drama

1

rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice

1

it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

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(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura

1

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

2

to have the nerve to

2

to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

3

smiling face; smile

4

to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind

4

mystery writer; detective fiction writer; crime author

5

wise; clever; smart

2

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

4

against; contrary to

1

unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive

1

Bupleurum root; Radix Bupleuri

1

bastards; guys; lads

1

to maintain; to continue to have

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

1

cold sweat

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cold sweat; greasy sweat

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to go along; to walk along; to follow

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

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