jpdb beta

detestable; abhorrent; loathsome

7

wiping with a damp cloth

1

window cleaning

3

preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation

2

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

2

idle; dormant

1

to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be

1

brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person

12

hostile; adversarial; antagonistic

1

to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)

2

equal amount; same quantity

1

good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield

2

aggregate amount

1

plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode

1

unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that

3

being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with

1

with a momentary flash of light

2

light; faint; pale; fleeting

15

for fun; half in jest

1

supplementary examination

1

copier paper; photocopying paper

2

social page (of newspaper); local news page

1

what on Earth is this?

1

closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently

3

previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence

1

oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)

1

writing in large letters

1

(crime of) inflicting bodily injury

1

arrest; apprehension; capture

1

trespassing; intrusion

1

being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment

2

crime; criminal act; offence; offense

2

inhabitant; resident; citizen; population

3

residence; housing; residential building

1

defendant; the accused

2

unsuspended prison sentence; prison sentence with no stay of execution

1

slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear

2

what people say; rumours; public opinion

1

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

1

landowner; landlord; landlady

2

postwar period; period after Second World War

2

land reform

1

fields (of rice and other crops)

1

project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct

4

to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up

1

one's family; family member

3

funeral hall; ceremony site

2

company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

2

short life; short lived

1

descendant; posterity; offspring

1