jpdb beta

sisters

3

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce

1

to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

3

guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections

1

to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

1

curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)

1

myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

2

boastful; conceited; bragging; impudent

1

inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure

1

to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce

1

cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware

1

to scatter away; to vanish

1

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

2

clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely

1

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

5

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

2

(one's) late mother

2

it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

1

to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

1

to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve

3

to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)

1

question; query

2

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

5

(one's) self; oneself

3

definite; sure

1

exactly right!; indeed; damn straight

2

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

1

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

5

father and mother; parents

1

to face; to go towards; to head towards

10

unfairness; injustice; partiality

2

even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that

5

wealth, prosperity, and arrogant splendor (splendour); (living sumptuously) intoxicated by wealth and power; luxury

2

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

3

very young; little; childish; immature

4

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

4

rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

3

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

3

thirty; 30

3

counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

3

surely (not); certainly (not)

1

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

3

to cling to

1

to cry and shout; to scream

1

deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

1

any more; any further; any better; any longer

6

poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!

1

if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due

1

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

1