jpdb beta

(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar

2

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

1

captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

1

lord; master

1

baton (of command); order; command; direction

4

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

1

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

5

in good health; alive and well; going strong

1

being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)

1

celebration

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

2

to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

2

spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration

1

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)

1

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

1

cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking

1

to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)

1

to gain experience; to accumulate experiences

1

obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty

1

unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

1

inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary

1

then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

1

intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

1

love affair; sensual pleasures

1

to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste

1

from ancient times; from old times; from time immemorial

1

great men have great fondness for the sensual pleasures

1

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

3

shoulder pad; shoulder reinforcement; epaulet; cloak worn in bed

1

one star (rating)

1

to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect

1

Masato

1

coming; going

1

to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off

5

formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious

1

to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature

1

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

1

white horse; unrefined sake

1

one by one; each; every; at intervals of

1

space; interval; space character; whitespace

1

one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance

1

private opinion; personal view; personal opinion

1

essence; true nature; substance; reality

1

mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath

1

field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)

1

peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times

1

killer; murderer

1