jpdb beta

issue; offspring; paternal blood

2

paradigm shift

1

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

1

loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage

1

to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential

1

to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

1

wisteria

5

cattleya (type of orchid)

5

graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet

3

direct descent; direct line

1

lineage; pedigree; family line; birth

1

to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow

1

to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate

1

face; honour; honor; appearance; look

1

good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend

2

apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

2

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

6

lover; mistress

6

beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)

1

bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house

1

one's legal wife

1

concubine (of a noble)

2

to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

1

succession to the peerage

2

weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation

2

interest; rights; concession

6

turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes

1

same-sex couple

1

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

3

high society

2

scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

1

pronunciation; production of sound

1

third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person

2

indicates emphasis

1

catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)

2

no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...

2

all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

1

with a click (of a button or switch); with a snap; crisply; one (small protrusion, hole, etc.); single; shortly

1

sly; cunning; crafty

3

(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess

1

(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit

5

manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)

1

speech; expression; wording; language

2

mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused

1

haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important

2

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

2

to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown

2

other than; excluding; without

4

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

1

three generations; three periods; third generation

2