jpdb beta

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

3

extreme; extremity

2

war; battle; match; game; competition

2

to claim victims; to leave casualties

1

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

1

to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

4

breeding; raising; rearing; keeping

2

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

1

true state; actual condition; reality

2

no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...

2

feudal lord

1

obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)

1

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

8

reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind

1

such ... as; or some such

4

to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

1

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

5

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

outside world; physical world

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

3

to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (forever); to continue to conceal

1

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

5

villager

1

sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

1

to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)

2

circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow

1

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

1

measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment

1

to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

3

hiding; concealment

1

means; method

3

to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)

1

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

2

source of supply

1

endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous

3

control; management (e.g. of a business)

1

we; us

2

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

4

detailed; clear

1

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

1

that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case

2

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

2

apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety

3

chatting; idle talk

1

cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted

1

judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly

4

idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn

1

to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away

2