jpdb beta

breaking off an engagement

2

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

1

to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

1

aspiration; volunteering; desire; application

1

population of a fief

1

strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

1

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

1

to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited

3

to be common

1

bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters

1

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

1

central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider

1

heir; inheritor; successor

1

to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

3

employee; worker

3

trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

1

to govern; to manage; to subdue

1

to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind

2

disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

1

model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

4

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

2

reduction by half; halving

1

attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

1

marriageable age

1

20 years old

1

marriageable age; chance of marriage

1

to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

3

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

5

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

2

to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out

1

sexy; popular; well-liked

1

having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose

1

at this rate

1

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

3

next year

6

bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

3

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

1

long distance relationship

1

Romeo and Juliet

1

have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to

1

love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

1

one's second wife

1

nervousness; oversensitivity

1

distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment

4

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

3

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

2

entrance; admission; entering

1

in the morning; during the morning

2