jpdb beta

dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)

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thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully

1

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

1

indirect lighting

1

grain (of wood)

1

haughty

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feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

1

continuation

1

hero; great man

1

limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth

1

to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel

1

taking advantage of (a convenient situation)

1

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

1

hot sake

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sake cup

1

to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

1

recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light

3

executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements

1

from the beginning; from scratch

1

marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

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quite; utterly; really; completely

1

to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention

1

unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking

1

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

2

being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly

1

shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments

3

merry voices (e.g. of children playing)

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wedding dress

2

gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting

1

having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly

1

morning coat; cutaway coat; morning dress (as opposed to evening dress)

1

well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable

2

to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe

7

church; congregation

1

(made of) stone; stone-built

2

arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo

1

slightly elevated

1

halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

1

viewing platform; observation deck; observation platform

3

beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering

1

holding a ceremony; wedding ceremony

2

reception (e.g. wedding); banquet; celebration; party

1

after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting

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to enquire; to inquire; to seek information

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mayor

2

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

1

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

1

tourist city

1

second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order

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congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

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