jpdb beta

searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

2

realistic; pragmatic

1

really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way

1

to be overcome with emotion

2

to jump at; to be attracted by

2

dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome

2

palette; pallet

2

pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)

5

nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

1

together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)

1

to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch

1

sunny place; in the sun

1

alcohol; sake

14

departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

1

successive generations; successive emperors

2

the late; the deceased

1

agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

4

cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps

2

as (somebody) says

8

absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted

1

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

1

magician; conjurer

1

custom; practice; convention; precedent

1

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

1

tradition; convention

1

to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation

1

miracle; wonder; marvel

1

birth; creation; formation

1

to look forward to

1

to become empty; to be emptied

4

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

4

to cross one's legs

1

myself

4

large number (of); many; majority

1

to sit; to squat; to be implicated

1

in many cases

1

instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability

2

hope; wish; aspiration

1

seldom; rarely; scarcely

1

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

3

to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to

3

hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build

2

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

3

to give directions; to issue instructions

4

wine

2

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

5

all on one's own

2

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

8