jpdb beta

second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint

2

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

1

to doze (off)

3

to relieve a person's pain

1

long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)

2

to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

1

physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline

1

scoop

1

news photograph

1

click

5

homosexual (person)

1

service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

2

sufficiency

3

inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary

2

lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)

2

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

2

influence; clout; leverage

2

resourcefulness; social grace; confidence; life experience

1

checkmate

3

affixing; pasting; sticking

1

appearing all together

2

spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming

1

real name

1

oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then

2

to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain

1

prison

4

police cell; place of detention; jail

8

Meiji period (1868-1912)

1

old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home

1

cause unknown

1

destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down

1

you; my dear; hey

3

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

2

to proceed with things; to carry out; to do

2

to marry

1

son-in-law taken (adopted) into family

1

to run through one's fortune (in idleness)

1

evil spirit (that can possess people)

1

to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

2

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

4

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

3

start of a romance; beginning of love

1

nowhere

4

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

2

unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage

1

to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

1

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

9

statue; picture; picture revealing character

1

stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering

4

to understand; to make out

1