jpdb beta

adoptive parents

1

reasonable; natural

1

stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison

1

to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble

3

difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

1

half step; half a step

1

secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

1

solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive

2

role; part; job; assignment

1

year before last

1

to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude

1

joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)

3

progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

3

rhetoric

2

to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference

1

to be (deeply) moving; to pack an (emotional) punch; to be emotionally touching; to strike home; to strike a chord

1

encouragement of learning

1

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

1

tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person

1

ignorance; covering; concealing; Mongolia

1

information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing

2

unconsciously; without knowing it; unwittingly; unawares

1

to collect information; to gather knowledge

1

to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

rostrum; platform

1

set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one

1

arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself

1

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

reflexive; reflecting

3

thought to be; seen as

1

marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility; daimyo

3

under the orders of; by order (command)

1

brush tip; first on a list; head; chief

1

to thrust away; to send flying

1

slip for regular business transactions

1

disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot

3

protest; objection

1

to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

1

special envoy

2

killing; murder

1

breach of faith; breach of trust; act of disloyalty

1

penalty; sentence; punishment

1

to control; to command; to get the better of

1

innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty

1

mockery; derision; ridicule

1

quarrel; dispute; argument

1

to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)

1

diplomatic relations

1

start of a war; beginning of hostilities

2