jpdb beta

next year

3

to hold a ceremony

1

succession; successor

4

countess

2

shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship

1

mild; mild-mannered; gentle

1

warmth

1

lethal dose

1

comma; decimal point; radix point

2

power; might; authority; influence

3

both feet; both legs

2

not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think

1

observant eye

1

to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)

1

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

1

infinite loop; closed loop

1

nature; character

1

power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour

1

animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime

1

official announcement

1

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

2

to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

1

small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest

1

countermeasure; counter-measure

1

neglect of one's health; unhealthy living; intemperance

2

work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)

1

(hand-woven) tapestry

1

to comb back

1

sheltered upbringing; person who has had a sheltered upbringing; (lit.) hothouse upbringing

1

many people; a large number of people

1

radio

1

to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

2

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

piano wire

1

indescribable

1

to break through; to penetrate; to pierce

1

(having) life-and-death power (over)

1

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

2

quirky; idiosyncratic

1

grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback

1

ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

1

to squash; to crush; to flatten

3

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

2

spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus

1

tedious; boring; being fed up with

2

puppet show

1

mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused

2

to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb

1

text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.

1