jpdb beta

to suffer an embarrassing defeat

3

to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order

1

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

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young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth

2

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

2

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

1

battlefield; battleground

3

an unsettled course of action; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles

1

extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious

2

a day or two

2

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended

7

making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)

2

a moment; a minute; an instant; stubborn; obstinate

3

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

2

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation

1

point of an argument; drift of an argument

1

to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)

1

to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of

2

seniority; precedence; upper seat

5

impoliteness

2

personal feelings; self-interest

2

to act; to take action

2

manners; courtesy; etiquette

1

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

7

to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open

3

generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points

6

you

6

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

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to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

4

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

7

to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift

2

so much; so; like that

2

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

3

all you want; as much as one wants

3

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

3

to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer

1

private; personal

3

vassal; retainer

4

duty; obligation; responsibility

6

opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke

7

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

3

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

2

to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke

1

taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

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dying; death; dead; useless; damned

1

death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

5

to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together

2

it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...

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