jpdb beta

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about

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one hour

2

cough; ahem

3

(someone else's) daughter

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meaning; called; said

2

to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

1

excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence

2

cheerfully; excitedly

1

mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion

1

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

1

near; nearby; not far off

1

to grumble over one's wine cups

2

to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

1

uncle

1

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

5

to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

3

private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall

3

severe; hard

1

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

1

to cap off; to culminate

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

2

dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure

2

to do someone in; to bump someone off

1

or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other

1

tusk; fang

1

execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment

3

gambler; yakuza; person without a legitimate job

1

gunshot; bullet; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy)

1

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat

1

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

1

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

6

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

3

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

1

open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited

1

Cantonese (language)

1

negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

3

if; in case

1

to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab

1

present; current; in operation

1

to have sex with

1

to have a talk; to tell a story

1

to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled

1

middle of the night; dead of night

1

sound of pistol fire; sound of exploding gunpowder; exchange of (pistol) fire; shootout; conflict

1

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

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to hide oneself

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unhappy; sad; gloomy

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to drink too much

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dizzy; giddy

2

employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson

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