jpdb beta

double suicide; lovers' suicide

1

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

1

Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty

9

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

1

to get too skinny

2

to declare; to plead

1

sixty; 60

4

nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things

1

monocle; lorgnon

1

reliance; trust; faith; confidence

11

thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant

4

prime minister; premier; chancellor

6

to say; to be called; to do

7

(imperial) reign; period

1

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

3

gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe

1

grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)

1

red hair

1

stature; body height

3

feet; foot

12

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

3

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

4

muscular; strong-muscled

1

moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

2

as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

1

mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)

1

to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish

2

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

2

first half

2

energetic; vigorous

1

impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength

2

big man; large man; tall man; giant

2

orchid; Netherlands; Holland

2

generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei

2

king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne

1

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

1

the other day; some time ago; recently

1

small bird; little bird

1

wolf

72

chess

4

to make a move; to move a piece (e.g. in shogi)

2

(playing) a game of go, shogi or chess, etc.

1

composition

1

stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce

1

-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

1

report; information

11

restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy

1

pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing

2

king

3

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

1