jpdb beta

more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others

2

easy-to-understand

1

dignity; majesty; sanctity

2

the very thing; itself

4

you could say; you might say; verging on the

1

secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

1

everyday; always; at all times; frequently

1

nobility; aristocracy; peerage

5

travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito

1

castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

3

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

4

to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to

1

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

2

flaunting; showing off; display (of power, wealth, etc.); ostentation

1

advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus

1

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

2

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

6

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

3

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

2

to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of

1

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

1

hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

1

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

1

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

1

to answer; to reply

2

revenge

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

parents; both parents

3

to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

1

chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse

7

history

14

to be remembered; to go down in history

9

hmm; I see; hrm

3

one fifth part

1

to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous

3

business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

6

which; what (way)

2

before long; even now

3

front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)

2

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

1

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

3

age; years

1

unknown; unidentified; unspecified

1

to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate

1

at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can

2

(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially

1

to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone

2

falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)

1

win; victory

2