jpdb beta

government service; entering government service; finding a new lord or master to serve (of a ronin)

1

elegant simplicity

1

bureaucratic world; government circles

1

back seat (of a car); rear seat

1

quantity or volume of water

1

(practical) business; business practice; business affairs; (actual) work

1

to creep about; to crawl around

1

starry sky

1

jealousy; envy

1

envy

1

to swarm; to gather

1

to cross over; to wade

1

entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining

1

great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

1

March; third month of the lunar calendar

4

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

1

to jump up and down; to hop

1

evening; dusk; twilight

1

mantle; cloak; manteau

1

first thing in the afternoon

1

pajamas; pyjamas

1

milk-white; milky

1

shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering

1

nostril; naris

1

sneeze; sneezing

1

to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

1

patrol (with ships or aircraft); patrolling

2

going to bed; retiring (for the night)

1

growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension

1

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

2

to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out

1

centre; center; middle

1

change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

sound of an explosion

2

road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism

1

to be worried; to be troubled

1

then; if so; if

1

gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe

4

bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans

1

member

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to shine out far and wide

1

something (or other)

1

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

1

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)

1

topaz

1

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

2

funny story; funny anecdote

1

outside a window

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rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow

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