jpdb beta

pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition

2

eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

1

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

2

easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic

1

hind leg; hind foot

2

sand; grit; fine gravel

1

(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged

1

to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor

2

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

3

even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...

1

unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

1

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

1

to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

2

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

1

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

2

to use up all one's strength; to die

4

to sob

1

written notification; notification (written)

1

to pay

13

to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

2

tax

16

to decline to pay; to refuse payment

1

to fit; to suit

1

property; fortune; means; assets

1

last resort

2

firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

1

idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely

1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

1

army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

2

to manage a state; to govern a country

1

a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action

1

to pay a tax

3

ruin; destruction; fall

4

to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)

1

dilemma; predicament

2

to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)

2

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

4

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

4

previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

1

to become muddy; to become slushy

1

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

3

to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

1

to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)

1

mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

1

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

2

facing upward

2

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

4

to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs

1

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

1

to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

5