jpdb beta

to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

3

to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)

2

afterwards

3

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

1

sisters

2

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

2

youngest child

2

prime minister; premier; chancellor

1

sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean

1

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

2

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

1

explanatory note

2

second (in a series)

3

indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance

9

one way or the other; either way

2

Joshua the High Priest

2

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

4

premature death; untimely death; dying young

1

untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown

1

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

1

down; below; downward

2

famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

1

decrease; reduction; decline

1

census

1

(a) Philistine; Philistine people

1

every place; various places

1

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

4

general; shogun

1

stability; steadiness; equilibrium

1

Edom

2

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

1

Sujin

3

ethnic; racial; national

1

short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)

1

enemy territory; hostile place

1

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

1

to stab to death

1

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

7

crops; agricultural produce

1

(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian

1

custom; habit; customary practice

1

irrigation

1

granary

1

oracle

2

to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear

1

to have a long life; to live a long time

1

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

3

number; amount

4

attractive face and figure

1

(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually

1