jpdb beta

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

1

Hideaki

1

matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman

6

friend; acquaintance

1

receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)

1

intimate; close

2

to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

2

undeserved honor (honour); too great an honour

1

bride and groom

2

(Japanese) bantam

1

candlelight service (e.g. in a church); ceremony during a wedding reception where the bride and the groom go from table to table lighting a candle at each

1

heating power; thermal power; firepower

1

cutting the cake (at a wedding)

1

to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)

1

faucet; tap

1

social gathering; get-together; (friendly) meeting

1

to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home

1

on the other hand

1

identity

1

even if ...; even supposing that ...

1

pincers; nippers; pliers

1

typhoon

1

to sit; to squat; to be implicated

1

Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)

1

famous brand of sake; choice sake

1

arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)

1

otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)

1

to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude

2

to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away

1

streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)

2

lucky you

1

anything; whatever; whatever one likes

1

to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order

1

research results

1

generous; unstinting

2

Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

1

capacity

1

belief; conviction; opinion

1

to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)

2

while looking on in blank amazement; while gazing at it in shock

1

juristical; legal

1

(degree of) satisfaction

1

newborn

1

illegal; illicit; unlawful

1

family planning

1

great laughter; burst of laughter

1

starlight

1

to begin to dance; to break into a dance

1

twilight; dusk; faint light

1

nature; the natural world; realm of nature

1