jpdb beta

bokken; wooden sword

4

refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

2

a lot; loads; plenty

1

tiredness; fatigue

4

criticism; commentary; review

1

one's house; one's home; one's family

2

being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports

1

proudly; triumphantly

1

lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly

1

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

1

this world; this life; world of the living

4

to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath

4

quirky; idiosyncratic

2

military officer; naval officer

1

while moving; on the move

2

tomboy

5

newly appointed; inaugural

1

to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose

1

retreating figure; appearance from behind

2

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

2

condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on

1

sociable

1

good impression; favorable impression

1

approval

1

not only

1

to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

1

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

1

no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; (lit.) one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness

1

to ponder; to brood

1

stroke of sword

1

pardon; forgiveness; forbearance

1

whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

2

wrinkle; crease; ripple

2

troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle

1

to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

3

precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

2

being lost for words

1

engagement; business; affair; use; need

4

the preceding visitor

4

(set of) facial features; looks

1

prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak

1

audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level

2

intimacy; friendship; familiarity

2

to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)

2

young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age

1

marriageable age; chance of marriage

1

Isabel; Isabell; Isabelle

19

to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)

1

eldest daughter; first-born daughter

1

both in name and reality; both in name and substance

2