jpdb beta

duplicate key; master key; passkey; skeleton key

1

keyhole

10

to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath

4

social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society

1

direct descent; direct line

4

financial penalty; fine

1

public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus

6

to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with

11

alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)

12

birthplace

1

slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)

1

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

1

incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical

3

place of execution; execution site

1

the last moment; the very end

7

Mathias; Matias; Matthias

553

head of a family

2

to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

1

implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment

4

soon; shortly; before long

7

on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes

1

three generations; three periods; third generation

3

to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten

1

appearance; air; condition; state; form

1

destination; recipient; addressee

1

to be distant

1

queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess

9

to wait upon; to serve

2

negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated

5

difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect

2

workaround

1

easy to read; legible; clear

4

narrative-like structure; narrative style

1

changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)

1

advance; moving forward; progress

1

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

19

hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

2

doorway; door; hatch

1

buying a replacement; replacement purchase

1

knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending

3

development cost

1

to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

2

with a creak; creakily

1

(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious

1

restaurant; specialist

4

official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace

1

to smash; to break

1

hotel charge; lodging expense

2

words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; apology

2

number (of long, cylindrical things, movies, trains, home runs, etc.)

2