jpdb beta

more than anything; above all else

1

incident; affair; happening; event

6

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

2

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

1

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

1

distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement

1

to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

1

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

2

curious onlookers; rubbernecks

1

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

2

limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...

3

100; hundred

3

not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

3

intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

1

doesn't even exist

1

night watch; fire watchman

3

hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house

19

to be out of breath

1

some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous

2

to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake

1

ground glass; frosted glass

1

with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle

1

slowly; sluggishly

1

felt hat

2

to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes

2

dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily

2

to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

2

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

5

to glance at; to glimpse

1

fatsi (Fatsia japonica); paperplant; Japanese aralia

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

2

300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

1

regret; repentance; remorse

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

1

night watch; night sentry

11

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

1

sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird

1

rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

2

arrest; apprehension; capture

2

mysterious thief; phantom thief

11

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

2

to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed

1

deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate

4

some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

1

knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; arrest; rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)

1

to slip through; to make one's way through quickly

2

to face the situation

1

urgent business; pressing need; imperative

1

to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)

1