jpdb beta

loyalty; faithfulness

2

shameless; infamous; disgraceful

3

to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with

2

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

4

interrogative sentence

1

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

1

listen!; you see; mind you; remember

7

to impose; to visit upon; to inflict

1

monarch's guards

2

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

1

gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing

1

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes

5

to answer a question

1

to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest

1

to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)

1

to be burned down

1

scattered; separated; dispersed

1

portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back

1

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

2

to subsist; to keep on living

1

this is why; this means; it is the case that

2

a long time ago

1

to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known

2

riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit

3

half-crazed; frantic

2

oppression; suppression; pressure

2

close associate; close aide; brains-truster

1

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

4

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

1

female line; matrilinear

1

lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

1

dictatorship; despotic government

1

composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

4

to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit

3

to tear down; to shatter

1

originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

4

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

6

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

2

to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

2

to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press

1

call; invitation

1

to fold up; to fold into layers

1

bedside; near one's pillow

1

nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown

2

pine tree

1

bridge

1

to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle

1

to be captivated (visually)

1

chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

1

grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

3