jpdb beta

debt collection; debt collector

1

to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

3

grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold

1

(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes

1

collector

2

to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

1

slight; light; thin; faint; dim

1

skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

1

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

3

such; like that; that sort of; very

1

one's mother

1

scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling

1

to scurry home; to run home; to fly back

1

one's home; one's house

1

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

4

kitchen; financial situation

1

lamp; light

3

mother; wife

14

dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch

1

flat; even; level

1

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

3

lamp; light

1

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

1

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes

2

in a row; in a line

1

acquisition; possession

1

each; respectively

3

name plate; name tag; label

1

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

2

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

3

one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

1

to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile

4

health; healthy; sound; fit

2

maintenance; preservation; improvement

1

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

1

sadness; sorrow; grief

2

collection vehicle (garbage, etc.)

1

to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

1

besides; in addition; also; moreover

1

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

4

inner canthus; inner corner of the eye

1

extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart

1

some; small amount of

1

child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)

1

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

5

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

5

to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

1

in those days

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as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

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