jpdb beta

rope; cord; policeman's rope

3

wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)

2

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

1

sitting in a circle

1

near; close; beside; third person

1

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

4

first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address

1

frequent; incessant

1

national treasury

1

10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication

1

Le Bel; Lebel; Rebell; Rewbell

1

national finance; central government finance

1

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

1

courtier

7

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

the street; the town

1

insurgent; rioter; mob

1

sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair

1

counter for colours

1

omen

1

the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem

1

enumeration; list

1

to do together; to share; to participate in

3

to feel ashamed

1

since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life

1

to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

1

building material

2

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

2

house; building

3

repair; mending

1

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

3

latest; newest; late-breaking (news)

1

method of construction

1

superior; better

1

to be erected; to be built

1

had better ...; had better not ...

1

destruction; collapse; crumbling

3

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

1

imperial throne; the Crown

3

biological younger brother

1

expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

1

to be appointed to a rank

1

to breathe

1

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

1

surely; certainly; without doubt

1

in addition

1

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

1

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

1

to give; to do (something) for

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