jpdb beta

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

2

together; at the same time; same; identical

1

compensation; equivalent value; consideration

3

half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering

1

to be worth it; to pay

1

youngest sister

1

carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

2

eldest sister; oldest sister

1

anguish; trouble; agony

2

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

1

royalty

3

to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together

1

subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

4

all; everything

1

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

5

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

2

comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...

1

strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand

1

to forget one's troubles by doing something enjoyable

1

official language

1

kitchen

7

dialect; provincialism

1

foreign language

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

3

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

3

to forget completely; to leave behind

1

imperial court; royal court

2

complicated and mysterious

2

dance (esp. Western style); dancing

2

accumulation

1

awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

1

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

2

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

1

manners; behavior; behaviour

1

you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

1

to attempt; to test; to try out

3

chance; opportunity

4

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

4

how many times?

1

myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

4

to torment; to torture; to harass

1

in that manner; like that

2

festival; rites; ritual

1

willy-nilly; whether willing or not

1

great hurry; great haste; rush

1

dust; one ten-billionth

1

snugly; cosily; compactly

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

20

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

4