jpdb beta

to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

3

to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise

1

sacred books; sutras; scriptures; Bible

10

permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)

1

rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence

1

on one hand; on the other hand

8

in name only; titular; nominal

1

in its entirety; whole; wholly

1

mud

1

to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

1

logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument

1

present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

5

to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution

2

something; what; why; how

1

one's life

4

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

5

to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around

2

to like; to love; to be fond of

2

saint; holy woman

26

Sofia (Bulgaria)

135

to maintain; to continue to have

1

to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)

3

to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)

1

as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all

2

at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step

1

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

1

summary; digest

1

to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of

2

slaughter; massacre

2

surging sea; rough sea; large waves

1

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

4

rubble; debris; wreckage

3

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

3

to crush (with the weight of misfortune)

2

cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

1

imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

60

to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands

3

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

3

alteration; falsification; faking

9

to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

1

arbitrary

1

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

2

not necessarily so; is not always true

1

posterity; future life; life to come

8

inconvenient

1

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

2

(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

1

for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

2

accident; emergency; calamity

10

to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)

1