jpdb beta

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

12

to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself

2

to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard

1

shut up!; be quiet!

1

to work without sleep or rest

5

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

7

escalation

1

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

22

to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing

1

to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up

2

joining a group

1

vulgar; crude; tacky

1

to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond

2

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

5

to be embarrassed; to lose face

1

baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage

1

you (plural)

5

unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style

1

to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

6

pride; boast; credit (to)

2

even

35

study; library; den; home office; reading room

10

detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of

6

to age; to grow old

3

to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

8

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

3

spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell

3

to escape

5

clear; precise; definite; distinct

2

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

2

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

5

trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

1

sunlight; rays of the Sun

1

pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant

1

to stick into; to pierce; to run into

4

spacious; vast; wide

11

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

2

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

2

although I say; although one might say; although called

1

grandiose; exaggerated

3

to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold

5

to pile up; to accumulate

1

nausea; sickness in the stomach

3

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

37

the exact opposite

1

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

2

to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick

1

word; remark; statement

3

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

1