jpdb beta

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

1

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

1

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

2

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

1

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

1

canal

1

temple (Buddhist)

1

strict; stern

1

sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

1

counter for temples

1

detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of

1

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

1

cherub; gods disguised as children; children parading as cherubs

5

black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

3

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

3

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

1

yesterday

3

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

1

they

2

diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

1

to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot

1

money-exchange business

3

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

1

playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

2

to stop; to quit; to put an end to

1

seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

1

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

3

to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy

1

shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish

1

this morning

1

tenement house; row house

5

that's so, isn't it

3

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

1

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

3

particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

1

to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to

5

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

1

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

2

house rent

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

3

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

2

supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)

1

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

4

oh, yes?; really?

1

taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation

1

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

1

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

1

money; metal

7

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

2