jpdb beta

even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing

2

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

1

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

3

to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit

1

eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

1

effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy

1

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

1

deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

1

sewing needle

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

1

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement

2

sense of responsibility

2

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

2

to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

1

to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to

1

audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium

1

too (much); overly; excessively

2

to be conspicuous; to stand out

3

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)

2

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing

5

to take one's eyes off

1

spectator; audience

1

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

1

being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

1

heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part

1

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

3

weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight

1

one-by-one; separately; in detail

2

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

3

to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)

1

chance (of success); odds

1

one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit

1

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

1

to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

1

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

1

sham battle; mock battle; dry run; military exercise; war game

1

blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

2

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

2

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

1

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

1

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

1

throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

2

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

1

sunlight; rays of the Sun

1

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

1

idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning

1

to raise one's voice; to shout

2

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

4