jpdb beta

cough; ahem

1

to look down (on); to condescend (to)

3

upper body

1

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

1

sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again

1

advice; warning

1

dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity

1

to hide; to keep to oneself

2

to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

1

grandchild

1

age; era; period; date

1

long-term

2

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

1

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

1

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

1

simple; quiet

1

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

2

offensive; aggressive

1

silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

3

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

4

again; once again; yet again

2

generation; lifetime; age

1

father

1

to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden

4

passionate love; ardent love; devotion

1

madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic

1

anecdote; story; episode

1

marriage proposal; courtship

1

mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence

1

irregularity; abnormality; change of tone; transposition; modulation

1

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce

1

madness; insanity

2

to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

4

using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

2

mother

1

older sister; elder sister

1

disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing

1

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link

2

tragedy; tragic event

1

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

1

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

4

wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)

2

something; some kind of; for some reason

1

bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection

1

faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy

1

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

2

flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick

1