jpdb beta

motive; incentive; motif

1

sisters

3

illegitimate child; secret love child

2

very much; exceedingly; extremely

1

weekly publication; weekly magazine

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

3

level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level

1

ahead; before; ago

1

house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

3

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

1

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

1

rich person

1

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

2

jest; joke; funny story

1

serious look (on one's face); straight face

1

thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

1

class

3

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

1

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

1

money

4

to employ; to hire; to charter

2

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

1

saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

1

abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)

1

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

2

hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary

1

to remain; to be left

2

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

2

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

3

classmate

1

leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

1

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

1

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

1

how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

1

to be worth it; to pay

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

1

delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

1

part-time job; side job

1

to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses

1

other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but

2

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

1

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

2

definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness

1

sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

1

second (in a series)

1

to put to sleep; to kill

1