jpdb beta

demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling

1

to give up searching (for someone or something)

2

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)

2

intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex

1

kidnapping; kidnaping

3

joint struggle; common (united) front

2

evil spirits of rivers and mountains

1

inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

1

desire; request; wish

4

kindness

2

perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood

1

to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

2

to carry in; to bring in

2

gentle; mild; meek; tender

2

tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent

2

ant

9

to pinch and crush; to pinch out

2

to be meant for each other (of a man and woman); to be connected through fate; to be destined to marry (each other); (lit.) to be tied by the red string (of fate)

1

red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each

1

democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)

2

however; having said that; but

2

dictatorship; despotism

1

monarchy; imperial rule

2

to prevent; to take precautions

1

power; authority; jurisdiction

1

neutrality

2

appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

1

striking; remarkable; considerable

2

domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting

1

split; division; break up

1

licensed or qualified or eligible person

1

two things; two persons

5

competent; suitable; qualified

2

broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large

1

field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

3

simple honesty; tactless frankness

2

ruler's orders; master's orders

8

to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose

2

(process of) elimination

3

suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1

karma (from one's previous life)

3

repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation

3

reverence

1

right to speak

1

to rise up; to initiate (political) action

1

Dark Ages; dark age

1

daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)

2

backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back

3

regency; regent

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