jpdb beta

inner moat; moat within the castle walls

1

guard; sentinel; garrison

1

close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny

1

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

1

you can never be too careful

1

urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once

2

to straighten oneself

1

to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

1

solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause

1

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

2

judge; judiciary

10

reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with

1

seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)

1

manners; courtesy; etiquette

3

feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear

4

courtesy call; courtesy visit

1

soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek

1

fastidiousness; love of cleanliness

1

chatting; idle talk

2

mixed; mingled

2

every year; yearly; annually

1

temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for

2

seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)

1

normal state (condition)

1

adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship

2

honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness

1

strictly; severely; rigidly

1

extract; excerpt

1

to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer

2

grandiose; exaggerated

2

sound recorder; tape recorder

3

internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)

1

often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly

1

to visit less often

1

meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

1000 ri; (a) long distance

1

to run about; to rush about

2

to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; (lit.) to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki

1

of all people; a person of ...'s standing

1

personal feelings; self-interest

1

alternately; by turns

1

graveyard; cemetery

1

glib; smooth-talking; silver-tongued

1

impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions

1

to refuse; to decline; to deny

1

serious injury

1

taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)

1

ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

2

sphere; counter for balls

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