jpdb beta

collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

2

remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers

10

ten times; tenfold

1

high price

1

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

3

heat source

3

temperature

7

word; remark; statement

1

short time

1

to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

2

time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job

2

hush money

1

clearing out people (from a room, etc.); ordering people to leave

3

to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)

1

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

5

to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)

2

finally; at last; in the end; ultimately

1

cheap article; poor-quality article

1

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

5

good-quality; superior in quality

3

to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities

1

blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

2

inferior goods; faulty item

1

to shave off; to scrape off

1

to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

2

last days; the end; one's fate

1

fire; conflagration

1

extinguishing a fire; fire fighting

1

medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose

1

ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot

3

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

3

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

3

instant; moment; for an instant

4

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power

5

to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

3

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

5

to take a breath; to take a short rest

1

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak

1

preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork

1

middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

15

in the meanwhile; during the time

1

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

4

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

1

wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust

1

broom

1

destruction of evidence

1

you; hubby; dearie

2

(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact

1