jpdb beta

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

1

conviction; belief; confidence

2

second

1

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

4

mimetic muscles

3

antiquity; ancient times

4

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

my; our; one's own

2

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

2

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

1

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

1

husband and wife; married couple

3

supervision; superintendence; chairmanship; chairman

1

banquet; dinner party

1

being invited

1

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

2

to stick into; to pierce; to run into

1

many; much; plenty; hardly

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

1

elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

1

to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

2

peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly

2

to summon; to get used to call

1

house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

13

to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation

1

brooch

25

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

5

large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)

1

ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)

5

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

1

manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

1

item; article; dish; course; finest item

1

(one's) life

5

to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

1

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

1

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

4

bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki

1

well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable

1

to do

2

no!; no no!; no, not at all

3

I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

1

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

3

wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor

5

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

6

itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager

2

hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

1

to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble

1

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

3