jpdb beta

ceremony; rites

15

means; is; as for

1

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

1

call; invitation

1

honor; honour; credit; prestige

1

unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly

1

hostility; animosity; enmity

1

appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)

1

cousin (younger male)

3

blood vessel; blood relationship

1

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

1

to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance

6

to make known

1

thought; consideration; thinking

1

right (to do something); authority; power

1

impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned

1

little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as

1

to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

3

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

2

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

3

inconvenient

1

should do; ought to do

1

at any rate; anyhow

1

debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

1

high society

2

this sort of

2

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

1

to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered

2

entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with

1

to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious

2

fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously

1

please

3

to stare at each other; to lock eyes with

1

foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

1

another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand

1

mimetic muscles

1

tailor; dressmaker

10

nimble; quick; agile

2

few days

1

designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

1

third degree of kinship

1

participant; entrant

1

main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part

1

to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

1

summertime; summer season

4

wine

1

sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking

3

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

1

sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay

3

to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

2