jpdb beta

to side with the winner; to ride (someone's) coattails; to get on the bandwagon

1

able; capable; competent; talented; efficient

5

intelligence operative; spy

1

resignation

1

reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes)

6

making one's best exertions

1

young and energetic; up-and-coming

1

personality-wise; by nature; characteristic

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

4

self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally

1

performance of one's official duties

2

desk

5

bell; bel (unit); B

1

one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer

8

textbook; manual

1

(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture

2

right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon

1

(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other

2

setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)

2

old man; old geezer

6

death during sexual intercourse

1

concubine (of a noble)

2

to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

3

what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no

1

neat and clean; tidy; trim

1

(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family

12

still better; even better

1

family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

6

to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

5

gesture; charades (game)

1

to make one feel grateful

1

nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents

4

craving for the limelight

2

elitism; idea of being part of a chosen people

1

often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly

1

superior; excellent; fine

3

article; thing; object; property; real estate

4

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

1

high time; about time

1

to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off

5

tragic hero

5

spearman

4

simple; easy

1

mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to

1

mobilization; mobilisation

2

(being) most satisfactory; (being) quite satisfied; (being) quite enough

2

military

2

worst case

2

frequent occurrence

5

success; boom; being well-attended (of an event); prosperity

2