jpdb beta

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

3

no matter how much time passes

1

import; importation; introduction; afferent

1

how long; how far; how much

2

tariff rate

1

proud; haughty; arrogant

1

lately; recently; nowadays

2

woman; lady; adult female

2

summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)

2

out of fashion; out of style; outmoded

3

depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...

1

to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from

1

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

1

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

2

just as one thought; as usual; sure enough

1

taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

1

to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)

2

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

4

with a friendly grin; smilingly

1

certainly; surely

1

tax collection; taxation

1

(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

2

to be the case that

2

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

4

food

4

smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable

1

to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

1

ostrich (Struthio camelus)

1

feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

1

to place a tax on

1

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

3

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

7

to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

3

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

1

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

2

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

1

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

4

to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

10

close to the wall; alongside the wall

3

in a line; in a row

1

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

3

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

1

that's the way it is; such is life

3

perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance

3

who

4

newcomer; initiate; rookie

2

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

1

feigned; pretending (not to know)

1