jpdb beta

to finish speaking

1

infuriating; extremely irritating; galling; vexing

1

lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)

1

chemistry

1

light used for brightly lighting up a plaza, building, etc.

1

to hang; to hang up

1

in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

1

bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent

1

sound of rainfall

1

shout; scream

1

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

1

game

2

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

1

ghost story

1

to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited

1

label

1

beverage; drink

1

can; tin; canned food

1

contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

3

to mix; to stir; to blend

1

liquid

2

drinking in turn from one vessel (cup, glass, etc.)

1

reading (books)

1

to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

1

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...

1

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

1

chess

1

depending on; dependent on

1

however; but

1

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

5

queen; queen; queen (chess piece); Queen (highest title for female players in competitive karuta)

1

whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard

1

state; country; nation

3

standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)

1

remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)

1

male-dominated society; patriarchal society

1

unemployed person

1

saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver

1

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint

1

woman; female; feminine gender

10

university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

2

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

1

good family; respectable family; decent family

1

your daughter; young woman

2

organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

1

seeing in the dark; night vision

2

to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down

1

mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation

1

to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by

2

Halt; Hardt; Hart; Harth

3