jpdb beta

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

3

declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

1

pride; boast; credit (to)

1

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

3

to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor

1

council; conference; consultation

4

carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

2

deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

2

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

1

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

4

simple; plain

1

apology

1

care; precaution; guarding; caution

2

the way one works; one's working manner

1

belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration

1

duty; role; function

8

(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess

1

what sort of; what kind of; what way

1

punishment; penalty

1

military affairs; military service

1

(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority

1

absence; disregard; indifference

1

failure; mistake; blunder

9

passing mark

1

encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)

1

they; them

2

delay; lag; postponement; falling behind

1

proud; lordly

4

minister of state

4

document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

1

to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of

1

erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary

1

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

1

handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering

2

open seam; seam that has come apart; tear

1

accomplishment; realization; attainment; penetration; pervasion

1

conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk

1

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

2

protest; objection

1

should do; ought to do

2

to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself

2

to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected

2

to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

3

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

2

to add (to); to add on; to append

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

2

tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

2

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

5

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

1

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

3