jpdb beta

shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun

2

to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match

2

secluded inner room

1

to be silent; to say nothing

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

1

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

2

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

1

not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

1

free love

2

reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

3

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

office

1

office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs

1

open; public; official; overt

1

ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

1

somehow; for some reason or other

1

to misunderstand

1

Lindsay

2

fraternity; friendship

4

experimental; provisional

2

birth control

4

examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test

11

taking something as absolute truth; regarding something as absolute

1

correction; revision; redressing; rectifying

2

sense of virtue

2

burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

1

childbirth; delivery; confinement

1

one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series

1

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

2

living together; communal life; cohabitation

1

good family; better-class home

1

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

3

(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

1

to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

1

that sort of; like that

1

completeness; being fully equipped; (suit of) armor; armour

1

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

2

wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor

2

modest; reserved; quiet; humble

1

confusion; dismay; consternation; panic

1

anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever

1

break in the deadlock

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

2

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

2

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

3

bonus

1

to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

2

difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency

8

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

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