jpdb beta

clique; faction

2

composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization

2

adviser; advisor

1

to accept; to receive; to agree

3

over and over; repeatedly

1

official duties; office; function

1

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

2

good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)

1

favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)

1

(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle

2

participation; joining; entry; adherence

1

joint investigation

1

of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after

1

ability; capability; skill

1

superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

1

distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)

1

conservatism

1

prudish; strait-laced; boring; square

1

truth is stranger than fiction

1

rule

1

protest; objection

1

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

2

to write to; to send word to; to hand over (official business)

1

matter; item; facts

1

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

2

as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect

1

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

1

affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

1

combination; pair; duo

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

1

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

1

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

2

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

1

drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion

1

a certain ...

1

general hospital

1

one room

1

rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling

3

bed

50

(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly

1

good feeling; feeling good

1

clothes made from jersey cloth; cutsew

1

culotte

1

white

3

over-the-knee socks; overknee socks

7

to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself

1

fashionable

1

Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)

1

impudent; brazen; shameless; bold

6

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

1