jpdb beta

several people; a few people

1

to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

1

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

3

wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

2

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

3

to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve

1

motive; incentive; motif

5

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

1

lately; recently

1

collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing

1

soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby

1

director; executive; officer; official; person in charge

3

dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal

4

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

3

same; similar; (just) like; equal

1

declaration; profession

1

inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure

1

starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus

1

to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

2

surroundings; environs; circumference

1

loving couple; couple of lovebirds; happily married couple (who are always together)

1

money; cash

1

arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war

1

plain; plateau; tableland

1

this year

2

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

to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order

2

counter for people

1

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

3

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

1

some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

1

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

5

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

1

impossible

1

whole story; full picture; full particulars

1

to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light

1

angle

2

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

1

monolith; large slab of rock

1

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

2

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

2

well; now; then

1

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

1

succession; inheritance

9

to concern; to be related

1

stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule

1

how long; how far; how much

1

knowing; (an) acquaintance

1