jpdb beta

night; evening; dinner

1

outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits

1

(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary

1

astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

1

never mind!; don't worry about it

1

other people's money

1

bullet; round; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy); hitman

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

to waste time

1

earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)

1

Italo Calvino

2

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

1

to brace one's core (e.g. when carrying something heavy); to bear down; to exert oneself; to push oneself; to pay generously (for); to splurge (on)

1

unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm

2

double amount

1

specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet

1

cultivation

2

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

4

10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad

1

running away; escaping on foot

1

embezzlement; misappropriation; pocketing; covering up wrongdoings and feigning ignorance

1

profit; earnings; stroke of luck

1

to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)

1

forelock; bangs

1

Lady Luck

1

shuttlecock; shuttle service (e.g. bus); shuttle (weaving); space shuttle

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

2

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

3

to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

2

to answer; to reply

3

sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

5

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

2

on rare occasions; once in a blue moon

1

snow; snowfall

2

spore

1

normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

3

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

1

because of; owing to; due to

1

inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

1

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

1

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about

1

money

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)

6

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

4

younger sister

4

to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)

12

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

1

but; however; although

7

good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend

2

Oh well; yeah; good; OK

2