jpdb beta

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

1

big job; great task

3

to follow in succession; to happen one after another

2

death in battle

13

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

5

weeping for joy; crying with happiness

1

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

11

scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning

8

the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics

1

book on military science

6

writing; composition; essay; sentence

6

environment; surroundings; circumstances

1

ability to think

1

internal organ; viscera; gut

2

(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book

1

appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of

1

ornament; decoration

1

external; foreign; with foreign countries; towards foreign countries

2

vicarious management

2

personal account (of); direct talks

1

equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

3

famous; notorious; noted

2

in opposition to

1

events of the day; current affairs

1

government affairs

2

intellectual

2

dissatisfaction with the work (role) given to one; feeling oneself above the given work (role); not up to the task; (being) out of one's depth

1

sudden and unexpected; coming out of nowhere; out of the blue

1

to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on

1

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

6

school (of thought); sect

2

way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation

12

advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist

4

(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

3

wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly

2

purity

3

secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart

1

Umeko

1

divorce; dissolution of adoption

2

wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)

10

being adopted into the family of one's bride

1

university lecture

1

friendship; companionship; fraternity; comradeship

2

your excellent opinion

2

frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

4

visit

1

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

1

you

5

branch of a school

1

as if; the very thing itself

2