jpdb beta

easygoing; optimistic; conceited

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greed; worldly or materialistic desires

1

management; administration; operation

2

hell

2

way of reciting; way of telling a story

1

highball; whisky and soda

3

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

1

cloakroom; checkroom

1

invitee

1

to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

4

performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact

1

pressure

1

to relax; to feel at home

1

keeping an eye on people's belongings (so they don't get stolen)

2

party; banquet; feast

1

Takanawapurinsuhoteru

1

just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony

1

another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand

2

please

1

paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of

1

after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting

1

assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds

1

weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline

1

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

1

removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating

1

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

2

lost property; something dropped and left behind

1

forevermore; for eternity

1

quick pace

1

to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

1

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

2

cruelty; hard-heartedness

1

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

1

to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine

1

favorite phrase; favourite phrase; byword; something one always talks about

1

conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase

1

coercion; extortion; compulsion; force

2

consequence; causal relationship; nexus

1

to smoke a cigarette

1

rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

1

best; vest

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

2

totally willing; fully motivated

1

at any cost; at any price; at any expense

1

note; memo; memorandum

1

critical hit

2

part-time job; side job

1

part-time employer; place where one works part-time

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

1

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

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