jpdb beta

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

2

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

3

to obtain; to procure

2

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

1

collection; correction

1

to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

1

three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

1

marriage

8

fact; truth; reality

1

for a long time

1

violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism

1

fish

2

(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

2

counter for choices, options, etc.

1

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

2

means; is; as for

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

2

component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

1

to have both; to possess both; to combine with

1

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

5

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

2

these guys; these fellows

1

being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)

1

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

1

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

3

any more; any further; any better; any longer

1

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

1

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

2

egoistic; self-centered; selfish

1

recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light

1

thought; consideration; thinking

1

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

1

window

1

scenery; scene; landscape

1

bleak; chilly; dreary

1

to get dry

1

December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

2

rarely; seldom

1

(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work

1

day of the week

1

after; since

3

vitality; energy; dynamism

2

something like ...; something called ...

1

complete; whole; perfect; safe

1

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

3

day after day; day by day

1

to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

2

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

1