jpdb beta

murder of one's lord or father

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to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

4

brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular

1

brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life

4

cheap saloon

1

drunkenness; intoxication

1

moth

1

beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)

1

plot; trick; evil scheme

1

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

4

behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

7

living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot

1

to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

2

lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity

3

anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

2

lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)

1

mistress; kept woman; concubine

1

clandestine meeting (of lovers); assignation; tryst; (lovers') rendezvous

3

spontaneous; voluntary

1

attending someone through the night (of a guard, nurse); sleeping with a man (at his bidding); overnight vigil before burial

1

to avenge oneself; to settle a score; to take revenge

1

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

25

to walk through (to the end); to walk the whole way

3

day after day; every day

3

anxiety; worry; fear

6

two groups; two bands

2

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because

1

putting off; postponing

3

to contribute jointly

1

command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)

1

width of a road

1

have to do; must; should; ought to

1

working in the fields; working on a farm

1

feeling sick (suddenly); feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry (suddenly); being offended; being disgusted

6

to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up

1

farmwork

1

no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all

2

brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing

4

dear; beloved; cherished; adored

3

to crack jokes

2

competing; competition; auction

1

to glance at; to glimpse

2

to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times

1

or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other

1

this morning

1

brushwood; firewood

1

(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis

2

to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on

2

prostrating oneself (in submission, respect, etc.)

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