jpdb beta

to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish

1

lineage; pedigree; family line; birth

3

vested interests

1

to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship

1

class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy

1

very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

1

top; summit; vertex

6

to respect; to revere

1

to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

2

aha!; yes sir

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

2

bright; intelligent

1

elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air

1

official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)

1

nonchalant air; unruffled air

1

portion; section; part

1

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

2

acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning

2

extreme; radical

1

means; way; measure

1

fatal wound

2

shamelessly; brazenly

1

optimistic

1

to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

1

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

1

heir; heiress; inheritor; successor

1

height; elevated place

2

the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)

1

aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary

1

(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)

5

in the same way as; just like

4

high-class item

1

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

1

bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat

1

always; constantly

3

followers; hangers-on

2

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

1

if I (we, etc.) could

2

immediately carrying out (a plan)

1

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

4

leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

3

assassin; to assassinate

1

long ago; a long time ago; already

2

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

2

locked room; secret room

1

to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else

1

which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

3

to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

1

quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly

1

bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

1