jpdb beta

to pick at; to peck at

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to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

3

to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled

1

sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping

1

to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

1

evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

1

to fall asleep

1

to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish

1

to make a joint vow; to swear together; to pledge

2

to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

1

puffy; somewhat swollen

1

proposed solution; idea for a solution

1

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

3

limit; bounds

2

on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

1

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

1

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

1

to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly

2

law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

2

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

1

domestic duck

1

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

1

duty; role; function

1

right now; just now

1

to be excited; to be elated

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

1

establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming

2

repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

2

key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

one's common name; one's popular name; alias; house name

1

mercenary (soldier)

15

request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance

1

employer

5

firmly, stubbornly

1

to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

1

release; liberation; acquittal

10

to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

5

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

4

town; city; municipal; urban

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congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly

3

guild

13

long

8

to ask a question; to ask questions

1

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

4

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

1

native

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criminal act

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to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try

1