jpdb beta

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

1

bodily build; degree of fleshiness

1

features; looks

1

second son

1

need

11

acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for

1

the lower classes; the masses; the common people; underclass; riffraff

1

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

1

to fall into another's hands

1

all ages to come; all generations; eternity

1

laughingstock

1

erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion

1

to degenerate; to lapse into

1

appearance (in the eyes of society); decency

1

common people; ordinary people; masses

1

to feel nostalgic for the past; to look back fondly on the old days; to yearn for days gone by

1

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

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; daughter of a good family

1

great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

2

fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method

1

inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

1

all's well that ends well; it will all come good in the end

1

down to earth; reasonable

1

succession; inheritance

1

security; stability; safety; peace

1

roughly; broadly; generally; more or less

3

high-pitched; shrill

1

luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous

4

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

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; kin

3

overwhelming majority

1

support; backup; prop; backstay; underpinning

1

lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-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

rival; competitor; competition

2

to kick down; to oust (a rival) to advance oneself; to push (someone) aside to get ahead

1

to succeed to a house

1

selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage

3