jpdb beta

marriage

3

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

1

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

4

bride

1

family; members of a family

1

dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

1

work; job; labor; work

2

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

2

(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady

1

sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking

1

marriage proposal; marriage talks

1

breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation

1

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

1

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

1

father; dad; husband; you; he

1

to occur; to happen

1

earnings

1

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

1

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

1

huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to

1

just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

2

to hate; to dislike; to loathe

1

cover; lid; cap

2

to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

2

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill

5

visit; presence; attendance

2

yikes; oops; eep; wow

5

to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

2

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

1

detective

2

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

1

half

1

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

1

still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

2

shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)

1

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

1

that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

1

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

1

(yarn) count; nth place (in a race); nth position (in a starting lineup); nth rank (in a battle formation); castle guard; second-place horse

1

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

2

we; us

6

beginning; outset; first; onset

2

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

3

how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

6

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

3

to answer the phone

1

state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication

2

to come and see (someone, something); to visit

1

then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

1