jpdb beta

congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

8

surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed

2

to imitate; to follow; to emulate

2

truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

3

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

2

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

1

cannibalism; anthropophagism

1

shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties

1

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

1

poisonous insect

1

mere; simple; sheer

1

ten times; tenfold

1

position; job; employment; opening

1

having in mind; happening to know of; idea

1

to take; to catch; to capture

1

every week

1

businessman; industrialist

4

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

2

dazzlement; bewilderment; daze

1

income; receipts; revenue

1

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

1

investment

1

collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)

2

thoughtful; deep-thinking

1

sundries

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

servant; employee

1

in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away

1

how many hours?

1

relaxation; recreation; recess

1

oversleeping; late riser

1

countess

1

peerage (in Japan; 1868-1946); nobility; aristocracy

1

young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air

1

there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

2

to happen to be present

1

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

3

travel; trip; journey

1

lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

1

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

6

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

2

to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

1

from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

2

clothes

1

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

2

pawnshop

1

interior; inside; internal

2

feelings of gratitude

1

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

2