jpdb beta

to be well-known

1

house; one's house; one's home; one's family

1

guaranteed; authentic; certified

1

to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

1

to attract interest; to capture attention

1

mixed (e.g. team, chorus)

1

armed uprising

1

peashooter

2

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1

(undesirable but) inseparable relationship

2

two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle

1

someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)

2

to complement

1

sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

1

acceptance

2

return

1

to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded

2

clean

1

trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism

2

sense of justice

1

rare; uncommon

1

manyfold

1

discharge; dismissal

1

gravesite; tomb

8

rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance

1

cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable

1

to hold the key (to)

1

having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)

2

to be hesitant; to feel timid

3

teatime; tea break; coffee break

1

surrender

3

several day period

2

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)

1

unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

1

my condolences

1

you (plural)

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

2

to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

1

same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room

1

outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable

3

to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed

2

you (plural)

1

imitation; fake; sham

1

successor; heir; heiress

4

shaking; swaying

3

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

2

in a good mood; cheerful

1

epicureanism; hedonism

1

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

1