jpdb beta

one's house; one's home; one's family

8

to drink in one gulp

2

to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

2

from the viewpoint of; according to

1

to degenerate; to lapse into

1

appearance (in the eyes of society); decency

1

regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on

1

to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time

1

common people; ordinary people; masses

1

to view the past with nostalgia

1

dense; dim; dull-witted; unsympathetic; slow to understand; slow on the uptake

1

savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

1

one parent; single parent

1

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

1

upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes

1

merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

1

(your) daughter; young woman

1

great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

2

strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough

1

to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder

1

preference; priority; precedence

3

frontal attack

1

inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

1

all is well that ends well; it will all come good in the end; All's Well That Ends Well (play by Shakespeare)

1

down to earth; reasonable

1

peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity

1

roughly

3

high-pitched; shrill

1

luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous

4

dress

1

meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

3

petty underling; small fry

1

privately; with outsiders barred; en famille

1

conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance

2

lady of the house

1

particulars; details; specified items

1

bold; daring; audacious

2

mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable

2

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

1

relative; relation

3

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

1

overwhelming majority

1

to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

1

support; backup; prop; backstay; underpinning

1

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

1

to send or direct a person to

1

lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine

1

Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus); Mongolian jird

2

to do one's best; to put forth every effort

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1