jpdb beta

just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony

1

custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

1

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

2

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

1

national power

1

to weaken

2

your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)

1

one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn

1

completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all

1

gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday

6

penniless; broke

1

bundle; bunch; sheaf

2

map

15

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

7

treasure

5

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

1

treasure hunting; treasure hunt; lucky dip; game involving finding hidden prizes from a sand box, barrel of leaves, etc.

6

and; thereupon; because of that

1

to sell

2

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

6

with a gulp

1

saliva; spit; sputum

3

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

2

suffocation; choking; asphyxia

1

process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

1

(marriage) proposal

2

it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

1

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

1

to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

3

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

2

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

1

information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

3

general store

1

street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper

1

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

3

to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

1

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

1

to palm off; to force a sale

1

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

1

how many people; a number of people

2

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

1

bankruptcy; insolvency

1

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

1

hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm

1

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

1

to put one's hand on; to touch

1

now that you say that; now that you mention it

1

you could say that

1

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

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