jpdb beta

city council

2

very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

2

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

1

ballot; vote

1

distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert

1

household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets

3

achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record

1

honor; honour; credit; prestige

1

piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper

2

breach of faith; breach of trust; act of disloyalty

1

aftertaste

1

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

3

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

1

if I (we, etc.) could

1

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

1

to make a speech; to address

2

to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor

1

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

3

to acquire a position; to hold an appointment

1

in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period

1

changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)

1

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

1

reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution

2

submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)

1

owner; possessor; holder; carrier

2

proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative

3

hateful; detestable; loathsome

1

affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella

1

to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets

1

superior; better

1

guardian; mentor; protector

1

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

1

failure; mistake; blunder

5

denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)

1

several years; a few years

1

heavily; profoundly

1

to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one

1

tacit; unspoken; implicit

2

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

1

back (of a chair)

1

hostile; adversarial; antagonistic

2

wounded person; injured person

1

to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour

1

delivery; transfer; hand-over

1

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

3

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully

1

the very best; excellent; superb

1

rut; wheel track; furrow

2

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

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