jpdb beta

proprietary company

1

lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch

1

going around; patrol; round; tour

1

cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging

1

stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop

2

driver (of a vehicle)

1

things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; (lit.) the wholesaler won't sell it like that

1

lost property; something dropped and left behind

3

passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger

1

adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

1

one's family; family member

2

neighbouring house; neighboring house

1

schoolboy; male student

1

with a start; with a jump

2

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

3

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

3

upper end; top; tip; top edge

4

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

2

home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain

1

torture to death; torment to death

1

Kach

1

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

1

tall (of a person)

4

to mow; to reap; to harvest

2

to closely resemble; to suit well; to match well; to go well with

2

pen-shaped; wand; stylus

1

pen nibs

1

exceedingly; very

1

declaration; statement

1

successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly

2

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

4

indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

3

blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)

2

well done; good job

1

not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe

2

secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private

8

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

1

star of bad omen

1

to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out

4

small calibre; small caliber

1

indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

1

smuggled goods

2

to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)

1

emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence

3

transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance

3

(in) my own way

1

to try all possible means

1

pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

1

remuneration; recompense; reward; toll

6

to write down

1