jpdb beta

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

3

intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)

2

blood relative

1

blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative

2

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

3

to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple

2

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

2

to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on

1

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

1

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

1

if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due

1

illegitimate child; secret love child

1

uncle

1

wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)

1

cousin (male)

1

three sons; third son

4

to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

1

distant

1

how; in what way; in what manner

1

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

2

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

1

corner of the eye

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

1

thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient

2

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

2

father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father

10

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

3

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

3

softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

2

opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

1

business rival; professional jealousy

1

to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on

1

woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute

1

consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement

1

exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of

5

fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man

1

kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

5

spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood

12

to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die

1

to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture

1

sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

2

to learn; to study; to take lessons in

4

father

6

accompanying; being accompanied by; going with

1

backroom deal

1

catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

13

to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear

2

witnessing; observing; sighting

1