jpdb beta

to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate

1

birds and beasts; beast; brute; (dumb) animal

1

official announcement; proclamation

1

unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably

1

previous generation; former ages

1

anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death

1

to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order

2

determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)

1

place of execution

1

mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo

1

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

6

to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle

1

to shed tears

2

measure; step; action

2

any number of times

1

younger brother and sister

7

old people; grandparents

1

omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct

1

going price; general custom

1

relative; relation

1

base; basis; bedrock; platform

6

official residence

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residence for low class samurai enrolled in one of the police forces (Edo period)

2

to expel; to drive out

1

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

3

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

5

very bottom; rock bottom

1

to thrust down; to push off

5

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

1

daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer

2

piecework

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earnings

2

a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone

1

basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel

2

licence; license; permit

1

rush mat; matting; mat

1

both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)

3

sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); approach; foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

3

of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant

1

coin of the smallest value; poorly-minted coin

1

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

1

to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living

1

flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

1

madness; craziness; insanity

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grandparents

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senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)

1

to follow in succession; to happen one after another

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to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

5

one day; (on) a certain day

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to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

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