jpdb beta

unrequited love; illicit love; secret affections

1

lower seat; seat at bottom of the table

2

farm house; country cottage

2

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

3

downward glance; contemptuous look

2

seat

1

to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one

1

proposed solution; idea for a solution

2

haori and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)

1

calling by name; designation; nomination

1

host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object

1

consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern

1

to succeed; to bear fruit

2

main guest; guest of honor; guest of honour

2

mediation; intermediation; procuration; entertainment; treatment; reception

1

many; numerous

1

reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding

2

(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will

1

to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back

1

knack; the ropes

1

civilization; civilisation; enlightenment

4

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

2

expansion; extension; elongation; stretching

1

powerful army; strengthening of the military

1

dual structure; double structure

1

changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)

2

defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation

3

bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque

2

whisper; murmur

1

groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat

2

appearance; demeanor; demeanour

6

top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet

1

royalists; monarchists

1

person without a registered or fixed address

1

whole story; full picture; full particulars

1

getting or keeping acquainted with; keeping or establishing useful contacts

1

blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

1

to take in; to attract

1

to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)

1

grim; stern; stark; heartless

3

cannot possibly be

1

disaster; calamity; misfortune

1

forerunner; precursor; pioneer; outrider; outriding

1

segregation; separation; independence

1

role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)

1

very rich person; the super rich

1

princess; daughter of a nobleman

1

at once; immediately; right now

3

seductive; sensual; coquettish

1

what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

1