jpdb beta

back street; back alley; off-street

1

hunger; starvation

1

curse; spell; malediction

1

stealing

1

to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue

1

conversion; shift; about-face; switch

1

shut up!; be quiet!

1

old man; old geezer

4

adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover

2

disgrace; humiliation

1

to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

2

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

1

concrete

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

2

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

2

marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons

1

wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor

2

couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife

1

playmate; playfellow

1

in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

1

dignity; majesty; sanctity

1

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

1

internal maneuvering; secret maneuvering (within an organization); reconciling the various views within an organization before airing something in public

1

manipulation of information; spin

1

kindly face

1

to do (for someone)

1

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous

1

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

1

slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance

1

to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit

1

trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause

1

sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly

1

negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination

1

to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

1

one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

1

compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane

1

to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag

1

impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure

1

fear of death

1

to shoot to death

1

to satisfy oneself (by doing); to find relief (in doing)

2

to sit in a row; to be arrayed

1

gun point; muzzle

1

having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

1

fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)

1

bead or front sight of a firearm

1

the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

1

boastful speech; bragging

1

dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death

1

attitude to life; form of existence; way of life

1