jpdb beta

coming; going

1

administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like

1

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

3

Cala (South Africa); Ka-ra; Karla

11

peddler; pedlar; hawker

1

good-natured; of good character

1

management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting

1

to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit

1

outskirts (of a town); run-down district

3

wealthy merchant

2

to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold

1

cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant

1

bartender

5

silver coin

2

(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)

1

symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code

1

pocket

1

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

1

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

1

whether (or not); if

2

cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

2

important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition

1

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

2

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

2

presence; dignity; corpulence; obesity

1

feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

1

100,000; hundred thousand

4

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

4

one's subordinate

1

total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure

2

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)

1

to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet

2

in hand; on hand; on one; handheld

1

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

2

advance payment; money paid in advance

1

as soon as possible

1

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

1

to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm

1

will not do; do not; does not

2

to reach; to get to

1

to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed

1

city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district

2

to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

1

to rack one's brains

2

senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor

1

to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)

2

human figure; human form

1

motion

1

doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man

2

pitfall; trap; pit

2