jpdb beta

adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

5

the latter; the second; successor; descendant

1

duty; obligation; responsibility

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less

2

to choke; to have trouble breathing

2

to pretend; to act (as if)

1

body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

1

bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)

1

huh?; what's up?

10

mother; wife

1

forest; shrine grove

2

lineage; pedigree; family line

2

throw; throwing; resigning (a game of shogi, go, etc.); giving up; selling at a loss; sell-off

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

2

persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

3

to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct

2

few decades; many decades; several decades

1

way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)

3

holder (of a record, title, permit, etc.)

1

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

7

to grow old

1

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

2

to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

2

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

1

unfortunately; regrettably

2

softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)

1

clearing one's throat; cough

1

haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important

2

prince; subordinate Kumano shrine

2

successor

4

to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast

1

to go to see; to visit

1

defense of one's country; defence of one's country

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

4

out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do

1

look of death (in one's face); shadow of death; face of a dead person

2

to fade; to become dim

1

to the end

1

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

2

(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing

10

care; precaution; guarding; caution

1

bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters

3

to succeed to a house

3

(dance) partner; (work) partner; partner; spouse

2

tacit; unspoken; implicit

1

rule

1

if; in case; supposing

5

prestige; dignity

1

early on; earlier on; from early

2

exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of

1