jpdb beta

no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as

1

hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

2

bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

127

one's best interests; one's own good

1

spirit; soul; ghost

3

to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out

1

to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

2

rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook

2

coincidence

2

repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

2

gentleman

2

Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about

2

in this manner; in this way; like this

1

hindrance; intrusion

1

greeting; a fine thing to say

1

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

1

to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)

1

invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable

1

to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase

1

to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer

1

looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)

1

so much; so; like that

3

famous; fame

1

bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

1

to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)

1

wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds

1

to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize

1

revenge

3

to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept

1

wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains

1

to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account

1

orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration

1

wandering people; nomadic tribe

1

modest; reserved; quiet; humble

4

to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

4

calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

1

I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

1

to shake one's head (in denial)

1

top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet

5

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

2

to be scared

1

handcuffs; manacles

1

many; numerous; various; large number of

4

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

1

inside one's heart; in one's mind

1

technique; art; skill; move

1

material; substance; matter

1

to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

1

so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case

1