jpdb beta

stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill

1

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

2

end; conclusion

1

to keep silent

1

adjournment

2

(about) middle; midway

1

crowd; throng

2

to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

1

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

3

graciously; respectfully

1

in person; personally; directly

1

to fail to die (after attempting suicide); to fail to kill oneself; to come close to dying; to be almost killed; to survive (when others died); to outlive others

2

from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say

1

influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well

1

rice tax (ritsuryō system); rice levy; tax on rice fields; annual tribute; annual tax

5

large household; large family; large group (of people); big organization; great wealth

1

every time; each round

1

what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry

1

to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear

3

to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)

1

to sell off; to sell completely

1

insolent fellow; rude fellow

2

remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)

2

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about

1

to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of

1

silence; stillness; quietness

1

decapitation; beheading

1

to pluck; to pick; to tear

1

to blame; to find fault with

1

fabrication; made-up story; sham; hoax; put-up job; frame-up

1

they; those guys; those fellows

7

to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked

1

society; the world; the times

1

to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says

1

to sit silently (and submissively) at a meeting

1

one's best interests; one's own good

1

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

2

in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

1

blunder; bungle; clumsiness

1

where to?; whither?

1

dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point

2

bold; daring; audacious

1

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

6

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

2

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

5

to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain

4

to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test

2

excess flesh; surplus fat; flab

2

nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents

2