jpdb beta

diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

4

short; brief

10

to pluck; to pick; to nip off

1

root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all

1

pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline

1

fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet

1

fat; tallow; lard; grease

1

regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

2

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

3

direct

2

palm (of one's hand)

2

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

1

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

7

wicker trunk; wicker luggage

5

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

2

intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

6

second floor; upstairs

29

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

1

wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)

3

nap; siesta

3

sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta

8

coveting; raga (desire)

3

filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid

3

(hotel) reception

41

store; shop

14

running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom

7

order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface

4

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

4

elbow

2

soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)

1

to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up

1

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

15

wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh

1

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

transom; skylight; dormer window

2

something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)

13

looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

1

step; stair; staircase

5

platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala

5

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

2

to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

1

summer clothing

2

trousers; pants

3

seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

16

striped pattern

4

beam; light ray

1

pale color; pale colour

1

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

5

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

2

to be needed; to be wanted

3