jpdb beta

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command

4

to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple

1

strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor

3

to abandon; to give up on; to desert

2

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

6

strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly

2

to like; to love; to be fond of

1

matchmaker; go-between

3

matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman

4

to love

1

husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

3

great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn

1

third; no. three

1

since; this person

3

hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

10

acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance

1

rice-field tilling

1

prayer; wish; vow

5

polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough

1

polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough

2

in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short

1

lovesickness

2

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

7

impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky

1

pretension; conceit; hubris

1

to be conspicuous; to stand out

3

to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink

2

dear me; I mean; or rather

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

3

matchmaking; acting as a go-between

1

loan; debt; liability

1

fantastical idea; fanciful notion; bizarre thought

1

people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

7

refusal to leave

2

annoying; noisy; strict

1

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

3

to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end

4

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

9

huge; big; gargantuan

1

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

14

preparation; arrangements

8

to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself

10

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

2

separation; divorce; severing of connections

2

to come to an agreement

1

third day of the month; three days

6

marriage ceremony; wedding

2

legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way

3

three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups

1

wheat; barley; oat (oats)

2