jpdb beta

reward; prize

12

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

18

to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout

2

ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

2

soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby

5

royal palace

62

receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

1

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

11

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

20

whispering into a person's ear

7

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

6

rather than

17

solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive

2

to go past; to pass; to pass by

4

soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly

2

carpet; rug; runner

2

palace

2

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

20

audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)

62

dozens; scores of; decades

5

with curious eyes; curiously

1

calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness

4

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

5

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

20

equipment; installation; facilities; arrangements

2

highest grade; top class

1

mahogany

1

aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful

1

haughty

2

pearl

1

casting pearls before swine; (lit.) (giving) a gold coin to a cat

1

preaching to the deaf; (lit.) reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear

1

teacup

6

saucer

2

suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)

4

first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes

3

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

13

super express

2

exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure

6

to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

8

long sleeves

1

lower garment (e.g. jeans, slacks, skirt, etc.)

2

underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches

1

formal dress

1

dress code

1

evening dress

5

drape

2

dress

1

ankle; malleolus; ankle bone

1

way one dresses; way one looks like in certain clothes

2