jpdb beta

with a whack; with a thump; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; vacantly; blankly

2

to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)

1

to employ; to hire; to charter

1

nimbly; lightly

1

to jump from one thing to another

1

a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved; I've got something to ask you

1

mother

1

to be surprised; to be astonished

4

ginger (Zingiber officinale)

1

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

1

orchid; Netherlands; Holland

1

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

4

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

2

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

1

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

3

okay; sure; okey-dokey

1

smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable

1

water current

1

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

6

pluralizing suffix

5

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

1

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

3

wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

2

bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy

1

utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil

1

older sister; elder sister

4

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

1

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

14

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

1

none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!

1

knowing only too well; being fully aware of

2

bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face

1

to show; to bare (the teeth)

2

spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp

1

greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence

1

yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

3

having poor eyesight

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

2

to cling to; to hold on to; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of; to possess

1

to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

1

you

1

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

1

in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances

1

to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest

1

to hear a rumor; to get wind of

2

3000; three thousand; many

12

prize money; monetary award; reward

1

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

4

I; we

1

whirligig beetle (any insect of family Gyrinidae, esp. the Japanese whirligig beetle, Gyrinus japonicus); pond skater; water strider

3