jpdb beta

moon; month

4

lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

1

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

4

ah; oh; hey!

33

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

2

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

3

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

2

part-time job; side job

1

labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands

1

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

72

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

7

serious; not joking; straight

4

indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

35

then; well; so; be; is

19

light; right; right field; right fielder

11

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

3

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

1

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

16

but; however; although

12

employee; worker

1

discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced

1

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

2

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

82

to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

2

Mr (junior); master; boy

8

government worker; public servant; civil servant

2

wish; desire; ambition

2

that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

1

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...

9

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

2

to close (one's eyes); to shut

1

worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid

1

nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

14

and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

1

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

9

-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

12

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

1

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

5

shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try

2

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

1

rich; wealthy; affluent; rich (flavour)

1

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

27

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

23

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

4

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

6

be; is

47

(one's) life

3

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

4

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

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