jpdb beta

four people

1

to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)

1

very deeply

1

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

5

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

3

being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression

3

supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king

3

stirring; slight movement

2

division into equal parts; equal parts

1

to gaze out at; to look out over

5

big talk; boasting; bragging

1

reason for being; raison d'être

1

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

2

(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while

3

comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable

1

delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome

2

fourth

2

kaleidoscope

2

official announcement; proclamation

5

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

7

comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier

1

number of days; period of days; daily interest rate

2

to go into mourning

2

strategy meeting; council of war

1

proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative

3

mourning band; mourning ribbon

1

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

3

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

mourning dress

1

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

5

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

1

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

3

briars; thicket; the bush

1

far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

3

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

2

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

2

at the meeting; on the occasion

1

bathtub

1

hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron

1

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

2

an impossibility

1

bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme

3

intelligence

2

creative

2

personality; style; appearance

1

to age; to grow old

4

hound; hunting dog; gun dog

1

lazy; idle; indolent; slothful

4

state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication

4

usual state of things

4