jpdb beta

lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

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in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation

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merry; joyful; gleeful

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close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

2

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

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pluralizing suffix

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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)

2

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

2

to get accustomed to using

2

not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful

1

shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

1

falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses

1

treasury; treasure house; storehouse; treasure trove; rich source (of)

1

to begin some form of lifestyle

2

it hasn't been long since

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

4

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

3

honourable poverty; honorable poverty

1

to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with

3

to buy

1

inhabitant; resident; citizen; population

1

modest; reserved; quiet; humble

1

north side; north bank

1

search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.

3

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

1

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

1

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

3

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

1

property; fortune; means; assets

1

to have; to possess

1

the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields

1

consequence; outcome; result; blame

2

population of a fief

1

position; job; employment; opening

1

poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

1

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

2

celebratory banquet; feast

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to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

1

credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest

1

opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access

1

to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx

2

measuring; weighing; metric; distance function

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

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whisk

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utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus

2

ladle

3

storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting

1

to take over; to hand over

1

complete set; all; everything

1

hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip

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