jpdb beta

as soon as possible

1

to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure

7

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

2

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

4

the throne; the crown

8

to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

5

possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)

6

to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

2

to become excited; to grow lively

1

to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)

1

wealthy merchant

3

such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

74

ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

1

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

2

nobility; aristocracy; peerage

4

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

9

touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card

1

to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

2

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...

37

to send in

1

beginning; outset; first; onset

9

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

16

vexed; irritated; fretful; shaggy; bushy; ragged

1

whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical

1

to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with

2

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

130

future; distant future

2

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

16

curt; blunt; cold; short

1

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

1

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

24

but; however; although

46

such; like that; that sort of

3

feeling; mood

9

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

54

holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night

2

you (singular)

8

right of succession; right to the throne

10

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

5

cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless

1

tone (of voice); manner of talking

5

to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)

9

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

104

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

4

beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously

2

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

25

mask; disguise; guise; mask

3

lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)

2

to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

11

disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity

1