jpdb beta

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

139

armrest (of a chair); elbow rest

1

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

5

bundle of hair; hair tuft

2

resignation; acceptance; consolation

46

writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)

2

middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest

15

people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

9

recent years

5

repeated occurrence

4

calamity; disaster; accident

3

national crisis; national disaster

1

to ask for advice

3

(yet) again

2

nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

8

to ask a question; to ask questions

2

boil; blister; pimple

1

to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)

7

to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee

1

only; merely; but; no more than

11

debauchee; fast liver; libertine; hell-raiser

1

willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

14

dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs

2

extremely; very

7

famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

11

to entrust; to send (a message, etc.)

2

the powers that be

2

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

6

to imitate; to follow; to emulate

6

with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain

1

to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)

1

good-looking; fair; beautiful

13

to entrance; to possess; to enthrall

6

in turns; alternately; in order

4

ten times

1

array; muster; line-up; full force

2

national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic

2

to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)

6

usual; normal; stereotyped

2

eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

6

all; everything

3

quick-wittedness; tact

2

to be astonished; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be deeply impressed

3

princess; consort

6

to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

8

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

10

bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone

1

dissipation; prodigality; debauchery

2

brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit

3

to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

7