jpdb beta

place where one works; construction site; working area

1

residence; dwelling; home

1

civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer

1

backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal

1

one hour

1

after

1

lane; alley

1

Chinese restaurant

1

paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern

1

wine shop; liquor store; pub; heavy drinker

2

to become experienced (after many years of practice)

1

somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded

1

clandestine meeting

1

person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice

1

graduate of the same school; fellow alumnus; (former) schoolmate

1

western regions of China

4

wearing one's hair knotted in the back

1

one eye; one of one's eyes

1

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

1

breathily (while talking)

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

heavy drinker

1

to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up

1

it is I who should say so

1

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

1

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

2

sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

2

kumis (fermented mare's milk); kumiss; koumiss

5

kebab

2

unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

1

fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted

1

to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

1

to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

1

snake; serpent; large snake

2

that sort of; like that

1

to like; to prefer

1

in this way; along these lines; similarly

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

49

tension; mental strain; nervousness

1

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

1

efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

2

blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative

1

general manager

1

all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

5

to rule; to govern; to administer

1

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

1

political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état

2

to say no more; to sink into silence

3

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

1