jpdb beta

a quarrel; argument

1

to abandon; to give up on; to desert

1

throne

14

matter of time; question of time

1

ancestor; forefather; foremother

1

bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki

1

real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

1

palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign

6

that well-known ...

1

nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

4

sashimi; make-up

1

architectural style

1

to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

1

to unfold; to unroll; to open

2

love-hate relationships drama (movie, etc.)

1

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

5

whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

2

plot; ulterior motive; thing; article; penis

1

snakelike; snaky; serpentine

1

class system; caste system; hierarchical system

1

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

1

unlikely; improbable

1

or; either ... or ...

1

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

2

which; what (way)

2

game

1

being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to

1

conferring a peerage

1

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

1

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

2

national treasury

1

near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper

1

to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around

1

tusk; fang

1

snake; serpent; large snake

1

shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted

1

harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady

1

nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things

1

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

1

meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent

1

(social) class; rank; grade

2

family name; house name; family honour; family honor

2

peerage; court rank

3

guard; sentinel; garrison

1

walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)

1

wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability

1

clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave

1

previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age

3

Cerruti

2

Esther

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