jpdb beta

dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)

4

although I say; although one might say; although called

1

dinner

1

drinking party; banquet; feast

1

to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

1

to drink the night away

1

doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)

1

is not; am not; are not

3

please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

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every day

2

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

1

entreaty; supplication; petition

1

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

1

serious; severe; grave; acute

1

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

2

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

1

after a long time; for the first time in a while

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

1

to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

6

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

1

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

2

to doze (off)

1

almost; nearly; close to

2

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

5

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

1

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

1

living; lifestyle; living room

2

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

1

preparation; arrangements

1

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

6

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

11

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

4

piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild

1

something (or other)

1

to rise; to erect; to get up

1

opening and shutting; opening and closing

2

bang; slam; thud; crash

1

violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault

1

to close; to shut

2

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

6

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

1

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

2

disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

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to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

2

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

4

glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)

5

stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

2