jpdb beta

to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet

1

in the forest

2

relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage

2

George; Georgie

2

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

1

to fall through; to come to nothing; to be ruined

1

the very best; excellent; superb

1

company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

2

assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)

3

permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)

1

stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor

1

serving customers; looking after visitors; reception

1

interview

1

telegraph

1

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

3

grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)

1

across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for

1

suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly

2

hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

always; usually

2

capital; funds; seed money; asset

1

transfer; assignment; conveyance

5

pending question; unresolved problem

1

help; assistance; aid

1

substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)

1

eyebrow; eyebrows

2

to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)

2

trade; business; occupation; profession; job

1

customer; client; patron

1

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

2

conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk

1

usurpation; taking back; dispossession

1

to make plans

2

round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

2

witness

3

same surname

1

only daughter

2

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

2

right; privilege

3

to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one

1

title deed; certificate of title

9

sum total; total amount

1

500; five hundred; many

6

frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely

1

content of a letter

1

drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing

1

characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-

1

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

1

arc

2