jpdb beta

incessant working; working non-stop

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doze; nap; snooze

1

to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far

1

general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

1

economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless

2

wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler

1

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

1

self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial

1

sacrifice sale; selling at a loss; dumping; clearance sale

1

main door at the front of a house; front shutters

1

counter for doses of medicine, etc.

1

house for sale

1

inhabitant; resident; citizen; population

1

side of well

1

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

2

reward; recompense; tip; conveyance charge; packhorse charge

2

Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu

1

dust; one ten-billionth

4

ahead; before; the future

1

idly; lazily; evasively; elusively; laziness; fooling around

2

ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to

1

night flight (without paying); skipping out by night; moonlight flit

1

to cut out; to clip from; to extract

1

memories; recollections; reminiscence

1

to be nearing death; to be dying

2

to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about

1

how much; how many; what amount; what extent

2

clear; distinct; evident; definite

1

major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle

1

rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point

2

drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice

1

a little bit; a little while

1

emergency

1

wetting; love affair; lover

2

random; aimless

1

harvested rice field

1

stump; stubble

1

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

crow (Corvus spp.); raven

1

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

1

swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply

1

to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off

1

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

1

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

1

white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

1

song lyrics; words of a song; libretto

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

4

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

2

hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting

2