jpdb beta

tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

1

flooring (material)

1

particular interest; fondness

1

personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy

1

marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

1

wife and children; (arch.) wife

7

equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

2

tenet; dogma

2

outrageous lie; outright lie

1

cold-blooded; unfeeling; heartless; heart of stone; inconsiderate

1

unselfish; selfless; disinterested

3

favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter

5

(both) young and old

2

leavings; leftovers

1

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

1

substitute

2

filter (esp. camera)

2

racially homogeneous; monoracial

1

from now on

4

lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality

1

mellow (flavor or fragrance, esp. alcohol); rich; full-bodied; superior

2

royalty

2

handle; grip; holder; person who holds

2

to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

2

one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)

2

calm; composed; self-possessed; firm

1

each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage

3

anguish; trouble; agony

3

use of (military) force

2

foster father; adoptive father

15

permanence; perpetuity

3

as soon as; no sooner than; one way or another; objection

2

jade green

1

informal; unofficial

2

courtesy call; courtesy visit

1

to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic

1

inventor

2

to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place

1

crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement

1

to be moderate in; to be temperate in; to refrain (from doing); to withhold (an announcement, comment, etc.); to be beside; to be close by

1

occasional; infrequent; rare

2

currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker

1

in the same breath; hardly had the words been said

1

elementary; primary

4

lecture; address; speech

4

popular (with); in favour (with); well received

1

Salameh

13

for visitors or guests

2

to underrate; to make light of

2