jpdb beta

fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness

1

to ring; to clang

1

sake; Japanese rice wine

1

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

1

snack (to have with a drink); side dish

2

small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to

1

leftovers (esp. food); remnants

1

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

6

please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

1

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

1

change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

1

substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial

1

gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

1

labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands

2

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

to reveal one's true nature; to show one's true colours; to give oneself away; to be exposed (of a lie, etc.)

1

silkworm gut; catgut

1

occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession

2

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

2

toast; congratulatory cup

2

thus

2

three people

4

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

2

to talk together

2

five o'clock

1

dawn; daybreak

1

purple; violet

1

dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight

1

laminating; lamination layer

1

residence; housing; residential building

1

sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish

1

breathing of a sleeping person

2

(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)

1

to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment

2

worry; mental agony; heartache

1

to feel at ease; to feel relaxed

1

to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

1

to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

2

outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person

2

wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law

2

this much; this amount

1

ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to

1

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

2

could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of

1

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

2

at a glance; by accident

1

coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

2

to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool

1

traces; evidence

1

willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling

1