jpdb beta

retainer; vassal; servant

1

uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable

1

exaggeration

1

to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

4

300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

3

one-year-old

1

official business; public business

1

retirement

5

capital city; metropolis

1

(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam

3

pointing out; identification

1

to compare

1

dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia

1

waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl

2

sitting with one's superior; in attendance

1

mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress

4

nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

1

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

1

double chin

1

proletariat; lower classes

1

low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant

2

distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement

1

to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up

1

for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

3

lineage; pedigree; family line; birth

1

(divine) revelation; divine oracle

2

rational; reasonable; logical

1

breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction

2

it seems that; as if

1

loyalty; faithfulness

1

what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

1

your country

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction

1

profitable plan; good plan

2

crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

1

dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame

1

order; command

1

it cannot be helped; there is no way; (arch.) intolerable; (arch.) unbearable

1

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

6

unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental

1

my condolences; my deepest sympathy

1

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

1

pregnancy; conception; gestation

2

to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother

1

old age; old person; the old; the aged

1

to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

1

to shorten one's life

2

immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay

1

respect; esteem; regard

1