jpdb beta

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)

16

to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)

3

to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about

1

stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough

1

largest ever; biggest; record

1

private person; individual

1

complete victory; total victory

1

self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom

1

opportunism

1

acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation

1

ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

1

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

1

and so; therefore; for that reason

1

packing into a box; boxing (up); thing packed in a box

2

to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite

1

brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother

1

ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

1

stray cat

1

pet cat

1

pledge made over sake cups; exchange of nuptial cups

3

to send back

1

bitter enemy

2

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

1

matchmaker; go-between

2

tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes

1

wearing one's hair in braids

2

Mafia

1

one's pocket

1

substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

1

to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

5

trembling voice; quavering voice

1

of all things

1

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

2

to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought

2

as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...

5

snapping back (at someone) despite being in the wrong; getting mad back

2

to lead; to direct; to take command

1

to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run

1

prohibition of use (of); ban on using (something)

2

quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

1

even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless

1

ring; arena; ring

1

prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling

3

carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness; negligence

1

wiles; art of coaxing

3

espionage

1

peat

1

under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown

1

to catch the eye; to attract attention

1

by your leave; with your permission

2