jpdb beta

chronological order; time series

1

to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce

1

acceleration; speeding up

17

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

1

taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

1

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

1

secret weapon

1

bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer

1

submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)

1

besides; in addition; also; moreover

2

to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

1

for this reason

4

to hatch out

2

failure; mistake; blunder

3

energetic; vigorous

1

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

1

taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group

1

to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)

1

middle of the night; dead of night

1

dining together; mess

1

influence; clout; leverage

1

politician; statesman

1

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

8

colonel; (navy) captain

27

currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker

1

invitation

3

six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)

1

Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

1

ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)

1

to settle down

2

security guard; doorkeeper

1

visitor; caller

2

extension telephone

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

3

who; what kind of person

1

Chinatown

3

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

3

husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)

1

to say; to tell; to state; to do

3

to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

1

the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects; the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period

2

origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry

1

name; given name; first name

15

drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office

2

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

1

entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher

2

overseas Chinese

2

jealousy; envy

1

gallant; dashing; jaunty

1

refreshing; clear

1