jpdb beta

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

2

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

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formulaic; official

1

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

2

rarely; seldom

1

(having) life-and-death power (over)

1

right (to do something); authority; power

1

taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

1

royalty and titled nobility

1

high class; esteemed; cherished

1

equality; impartiality; evenness

2

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

1

beast; brute; animal

1

to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

1

territory

1

suspicious

1

deep-seated grudge; hatred

1

grudge; ill will; enmity

2

to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen

2

just now; a moment ago; this very minute

2

to die; to lay down life's burden

1

20 years old

1

reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about

2

veil of darkness; curtain of night

1

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

1

to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up

1

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

2

rack (torture device)

1

to mistake (A for B); to misread

1

to install; to equip; to mount

1

token (effort); something done for form's sake

1

bedding; bedclothes

4

very recently; in the very recent past

3

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

1

cramped

1

prison (building); jail

2

offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour

1

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

1

feces and urine; excreta; human waste

1

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

1

food; foodstuff

3

to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy

1

to be breathtaking; to be stifling

1

(stable) litter

1

to get dry

2

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

1

nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken

1

just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously

3

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

2

to be emaciated; to be nothing but skin and bones

1