jpdb beta

adopted daughter; foster daughter

1

place to go; destination

1

dwelling; house; residence; address

3

this much; this amount

5

family lineage

1

social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family

2

wealthy merchant

1

learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

2

founder; inventor; ancestor; forefather

1

worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness

1

to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied

4

maid

2

indifferent; paying no attention; taking no notice

1

good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend

2

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

1

pushy; pushing; self-assertive

1

sense of justice

1

distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination

1

extra; excess; surplus

2

treating (someone) like an object

2

honor; honour; credit; prestige

2

to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)

1

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

5

quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute

1

uncalled-for remark; impertinent remark

1

very much; exceedingly; extremely

2

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

1

difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency

2

useless; futile; vain

1

thump; clang; clank

2

to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid

2

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

3

at a glance; by accident

1

to listen attentively to; to be lost in

4

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

15

sea route; voyage; ocean trip

1

tip of a headland; point

1

to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

2

difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different

34

disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

9

is it not so?

2

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

1

to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other

2

reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

4

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

16

moisture; humidity; dampness; scabies; sarcoptic mange; the itch

2

plank of a bridge; bridge plank

6

(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh

4

foxes and tanuki; sly fellow; deceiver

3

to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself

1